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Planetary nebula in the constellation Sagittarius
NGC 6578
Emission nebula
Planetary nebula
A Hubble Space Telescope (HST) image of NGC 6578.
Credit: HST/NASA/ESA. December 17th, 1997
Observation data: J2000 epoch
Right ascension18 16 16.5
Declination−20° 27′ 2.7″
Apparent magnitude (V)13.5
Apparent dimensions (V)8"
ConstellationSagittarius
DesignationsESO 590- 12
See also: Lists of nebulae

NGC 6578 is a planetary nebula located in Sagittarius. It is magnitude 13.5 with diameter 8 arc seconds. It has a 16th magnitude central star, which is an O-type star with a spectral type of Of. It is seen near the star 16 Sagittarii.

See also

References

  1. ^ "SIMBAD Astronomical Database". Results for NGC 6578. Retrieved 2007-04-10.
  2. González-Santamaría, I.; Manteiga, M.; Manchado, A.; Ulla, A.; Dafonte, C.; López Varela, P. (2021). "Planetary nebulae in Gaia EDR3: Central star identification, properties, and binarity". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 656: A51. arXiv:2109.12114. Bibcode:2021A&A...656A..51G. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202141916. S2CID 237940344.
  • Robert Burnham, Jr, Burnham's Celestial Handbook: An observer's guide to the universe beyond the solar system, vol 3, p. 1557

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