Planetary nebula · constellation Hya
NGC 3242
Jupiter's Ghost Nebula
NGC 3242C 59ESO 568-005PN G261.0+32.0
Catalogue data
- Right ascension
- 10h 24m 46.1s
- Declination
- -18° 38' 32"
- Size
- 25.2″
- Position angle
- not available
- Magnitude
- 7.7 (V)
- Surface brightness
- 14.44 mag/arcsec²(derived)
- Difficulty
- 2/5
- Suggested techniques
- HOO, SHO, NARROWBAND
- Data source
- OpenNGC
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