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Planetary nebula in the constellation Cygnus From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
NGC 6881 is a planetary nebula, located in the constellation of Cygnus. It is formed of an inner nebula, estimated to be about one fifth of a light-year across, and a symmetrical structure that spreads out about one light-year from one tip to the other. The symmetry could be due to a binary star at the nebula's centre.
Emission nebula | |
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Planetary nebula | |
![]() The butterfly-like planetary nebula NGC 6881 is visible here in an image taken by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope | |
Observation data: J2000 epoch | |
Right ascension | 20h 10m 52.45s[1] |
Declination | +37° 24′ 42.4″[1] |
Distance | 5200 ± 1600 ly (1600 ± 500[2] pc) |
Apparent magnitude (V) | 13.700 B [1] |
Constellation | Cygnus |
Designations | GSC2 N033220122825, 2MASS J20105244+3724424, PN VV 250, CSI+37-20091, Hen 2-456, PK 074+02 1, PN ARO 108, GCRV 12543, IRAS 20090+3715, PN G074.5+02.1, PN VV' 526 |
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