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NGC 246
NGC 246 — Skull Nebula
Planetary Nebula
· CetusAdvanced
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Target information
- Object type
- Planetary Nebula
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Right ascension
- 0h 47m 06s
- Declination
- -11° 53′ 00″
- Magnitude
- 10.9
- Angular size
- 4′
- Surface brightness
- Not recorded
- Difficulty
- Advanced
- Best months
- Sep-Jan
- Catalog IDs
- NGC 246
About this target
Faint planetary nebula.