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Vinony's link graph records 422 inbound references to NGC 2736, and connects out to list of stars in Vela, epoch and Messier 47.
Vinony files it under Gum Nebula, NGC objects and Vela (constellation).
Vinony links it to 33 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Right ascension
- 9 0 17
- Declination
- −45 ° 54 ′ 57 ″
- Distance
- 815 ly
- Apparent magnitude v
- +12.0?
- Apparent dimensions v
- 30'x7'
- Constellation
- Vela
- Radius
- ~5.0 ly
- Designations
- NGC 2736, Pencil Nebula
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- astronomical radio source
- Follows
- Vela Supernova Remnant
- Constellation
- Vela
- Distance from Earth
- 815
- Image
- The Pencil Nebula, a strangely shaped leftover from a vast explosion.jpg
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- discoverer or inventor
- John Frederick William Herschel
- catalog code
- RCW 37
- time of discovery or invention
- 1835-03-01
- Commons category
- NGC 2736
- Commons gallery
- NGC 2736
- right ascension
- 135.050
- epoch
- J2000.0
- declination
- -45.950
Sources (2)
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Encyclopedic overview
NGC 2736 (also known as the Pencil Nebula) is a small part of the Vela Supernova Remnant, located near the Vela Pulsar in the constellation Vela. The nebula's linear appearance triggered its popular name. It resides about 815 light-years (250 parsecs) away from the Solar System. It is thought to be formed from part of the shock wave of the larger Vela Supernova Remnant. The Pencil Nebula is moving at roughly 644,000 kilometres per hour (400,000 miles per hour)
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 2736” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.