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Old 18-02-2007, 09:43 AM
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Nice shot Bert,

I was scanning around your image and found an interesting object, but now I think it may just be NGC3699.. Well it looks similar to a small comet on your image...

http://www.theastroweb.com/astronomy...mos_object.jpg

Basic object information

Name: NGC 3699
Type of object: Planetary nebula
Magnitude: 14.0
Size: 1.0'

Position (epoch of date)

Right ascension: 11h 28m 18s
Declination: -59° 59' 47"
Constellation: Centaurus

Local information

Altitude: 45° 10' 35"
Azimuth: 142° 50' 58"

Transit: 2h 58m 40s

Star atlas chart numbers:

Herald-Bobroff Astroatlas, Chart C-84
Millennium Star Atlas, Charts 989-990 (Vol II)
Sky Atlas 2000.0, Chart 25
Uranometria 2000 Chart 427, Vol 2


Revised NGC/IC Catalog Data

Wolfgang Steinicke, Feb 2001

Names and designations

NGC 3699
PK 292+1.1
ESO 129-PN21
AM 1125-594

Type of object: Planetary nebula

Catalog position for epoch J2000.0

Right ascension: 11h 27m 57.2s
Declination: -59° 57' 29"


Object information

Magnitude: 14.0
Size: 1.0'

Object classification: PN

Saguaro Astronomy Club v7.2 Catalog Data

Saguaro Astronomy Club, August 2000

Names and designations

NGC 3699
PK 292+1.1

Type of object: Planetary nebula

Catalog position for epoch J2000.0

Right ascension: 11h 27m 57.3s
Declination: -59° 57' 25"

Constellation: Centaurus

Object information

Magnitude: 14.0
Size: 1.1'

Description: B,pL,iR,pgpmbM
Notes: S neby w few F*

Strasbourg Planetary Nebula Catalog Data

Strasbourg Catalogue of Galactic Planetary nebulae
Acker, Marcout, and Ochsenbein 1980

Name: PK 292+ 1.1

Right ascension (J2000.0): 11h 27m 57.3s
Declination (J2000.0): -59° 57' 25"

Average diameter of brightest part of nebula: 67"

Mean radial velocity: -6 km/sec

Expansion velocity: greater than 18 km/sec
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