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Abell 31
Abell 31 — Planetary Nebula
Planetary Nebula
· CancerAdvanced
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Target information
- Object type
- Planetary Nebula
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Right ascension
- 8h 54m 14s
- Declination
- +8° 54′ 00″
- Magnitude
- Not recorded
- Angular size
- 16′
- Surface brightness
- Not recorded
- Difficulty
- Advanced
- Best months
- January, February, March, April
- Catalog IDs
- Abell 31;PN A66 31;Sh2-290;PN G219.1+31.2
About this target
Very faint evolved planetary nebula with a large low-surface-brightness shell. Angular footprint is approximate.