NGC 6578

NGC 6578

Emission nebula
Planetary nebula
A Hubble Space Telescope (HST) image of NGC 6578. Credit: HST/NASA/ESA. December 17th, 1997
Observation data: J2000 epoch
Right ascension	18h 16m 16.5s [1]
Declination	−20° 27′ 2.7″ [1]
Apparent magnitude (V)	13.5
Apparent dimensions (V)	8"
Constellation	Sagittarius
Designations	ESO 590- 12 [1]
See also: Lists of nebulae

NGC 6578 is a planetary nebula located in Sagittarius. It is magnitude 13.5 with diameter 8 arc seconds. It has a 16th magnitude central star, which is an O-type star with a spectral type of Of. ^[2] It is seen near the star 16 Sagittarii.

See also

• List of NGC objects
• Planetary nebulae

References

1. "SIMBAD Astronomical Database". Results for NGC 6578. Retrieved 2007-04-10.
2. González-Santamaría, I.; Manteiga, M.; Manchado, A.; Ulla, A.; Dafonte, C.; López Varela, P. (2021). "Planetary nebulae in Gaia EDR3: Central star identification, properties, and binarity". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 656: A51. arXiv: 2109.12114 . Bibcode:2021A&A...656A..51G. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202141916. S2CID   237940344.

• Robert Burnham Jr., Burnham's Celestial Handbook: An observer's guide to the universe beyond the solar system, vol 3, p. 1557

External links

• Media related to NGC 6578 at Wikimedia Commons
• The Hubble European Space Agency Information Centre Hubble picture and information on NGC 6578
• Hubble December 17, 1997