NGC 6058, planetary nebula

Planetary Nebula NGC 6058 in Hercules

Planetary Neb NGC 6058
CCD image taken with a ST-6 CCD camera thru Kopernik’s 20 inch F/8 telescope. The field of view is approximately 5x7 arc minutes, with north at top.

Dreyer's description in The New General Catalog(NGC):

Pretty faint, very small, round, stellar.

From TheDeep Sky Field Guide to Uranometria 2000:

Irregular disk involved in a larger and fainter disk of smooth nebulosity.

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NGC 6058 (Other ID: PK 64+48.1)
Magnitude: 13.3
Constellation: Hercules
RA: 16h 04m 25.4s
Dec: +40° 40' 52" Epoch 2000
Size (sec) 23.0"
Classification: planetary nebula

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George Normandin, KAS

October 10th, 2000