Planetary Nebula NGC
6804 in Aquila
Description of NGC 6804 in
The Deep Sky Field Guide to Uranometria 2000:
- Ring and disk.
- central star magnitude = 14.4
- Alternate name PK 45-4.1
NGC 6804 was discovered by the great
18th Century observer William Herschel, but it was not until 1917 that
Pease first identified it as a Planetary Nebula.
Planetary
Nebulae: To
learn more about them, click here.
- NGC 6804
- Other ID: PK 45-4.1
- Magnitude: 12.2 (photo);
12.0 (visual)
- Constellation: Aquila
- RA: 19h 31m 36.0s
- Dec: +09d 13' 00"
Epoch 2000
- Size (mins): 1.1
- Classification: Planetary
nebula, ring and disk.
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George Normandin, KAS
November 16th, 2002