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NGC 40 · Bow-Tie nebula

NGC 40 · Planetary nebula · Cepheus

Bow-Tie nebula

Also known as C 2

Caldwell 2
Herschel 400
RASC Finest NGC

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Type: Planetary nebula
Constellation: Cepheus
Position (J2000): 0h 13m 01s · +72° 31′ 19″
Discovered: by William Herschel in 1788

Pictures: 0
Magnitude: 11.89; visual
Size: 0.8′
Distance: ~4,900 ly
Best months: Aug–Oct

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

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