Planetary Nebula Pk 318+41.1 in Virgo

Description of Pk 318+41.1 in
The Deep Sky Field Guide to Uranometria 2000:

• Irregular disk with traces of ring structure, involved in a larger and fainter disk of irregular form and vary uneven brightness distribution.
• central star magnitude = 11.51
• Alternate name Abell 36
• Discovered by Abell in 1955

Note that this planetary nebula has an extremely low surface brightness and is assumed to be rather old. This type of object normally covers a much smaller area of the sky.

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• Pk 318+41.1
• Other ID: Abell 36
• Magnitude: 16.3
• Constellation: Virgo
• RA: 13h 40m 37.8s
• Dec: -19° 53' 10" Epoch 2000
• Size (min): 4.9
• Classification: Planetary nebula, Irregular disk, traces of ring structure.
  

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George Normandin, KAS

May 16th, 2002