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NGC 246 · Skull Nebula

NGC 246 · Planetary nebula · Cetus

Skull Nebula

Also known as C 56

Caldwell 56
Herschel 400
RASC Finest NGC

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Type: Planetary nebula
Constellation: Cetus
Position (J2000): 0h 47m 03s · −11° 52′ 19″
Discovered: by William Herschel in 1785

Pictures: 0
Magnitude: 10.9; visual
Size: 4.1′
Distance: ~1,600 ly
Best months: Sep–Nov

Catalogue data from OpenNGC by Mattia Verga, CC BY-SA 4.0. Distances, discoverers and common names from Wikidata, CC0.

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