NGC 6886

NGC 6886 is a planetary nebula in the constellation Sagitta. It was discovered by Ralph Copeland on September 17, 1884.[3] It is 4.6 ± 1.0 kiloparsec (15.0 ± 3.3 kly) distant from earth, and is composed of a hot central post-AGB star that has 55% of the Sun's mass yet 2700 ± 850 its luminosity, with a surface teperature of 142,000 K. The planetary nebula is thought to have been expanding for between 1280 and 1600 years.[4]

NGC 6886
Emission nebula
Planetary nebula
An HST picture of nebula NGC 6886. Credit: ESA/Hubble
Observation data: J2000 epoch
Right ascension 20h 12m 42.83s[1]
Declination+19° 59′ 22.6″[1]
Distance4.6 ± 1.0 kiloparsec (15.0 ± 3.3 kly) ly
Apparent magnitude (V)11.8B[1]
ConstellationSagitta
DesignationsPK 060.1-07.7,[2] Hen 2-458[1]

References
  1. "NGC 6886". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
  2. Pottasch, S. R.; Surendiranath, R. (March 2005). "Abundances in planetary nebulae: NGC 6886". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 432 (1): 139–148. Bibcode:2005A&A...432..139P. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.669.8581. doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20042006.
  3. Seligman, Courtney. "NGC Objects: NGC 6850 - 6899". Retrieved 22 August 2015.
  4. Schönberner, D.; Balick, B.; Jacob, R. (2018). "Expansion patterns and parallaxes for planetary nebulae". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 609: A126. Bibcode:2018A&A...609A.126S. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201731788.
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