Planetary Nebula NGC 7008 in Cygnus

Description of NGC 7008 in
The Deep Sky Field Guide to Uranometria 2000:

• Irregular disk.
• central star magnitude = 13.2
• Alternate name PK 93+5.2

Description of NGC 7008 in Dreyer's The New General Catalog (NGC):

"Considerably bright, large, extended 45° +/-, resolvable, but mottled, double star attached."

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• NGC 7008
• Other ID: PK 93+5.2
• Magnitude: 13.3 (photo); 10.7 (visual)
• Constellation: Cygnus
• RA: 21h 00m 36.0s
• Dec: +54° 33' 00" Epoch 2000
• Size (mins): 1.4'
• Classification: Planetary nebula.
  

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George Normandin, KAS

August 13th, 2001