NGC 2899

planetary nebula

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It sits within the topics Discoveries by John Herschel, NGC objects and Planetary nebulae.

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Key facts

Right ascension: 09 27 03.2
Declination: −56 ° 06 ′ 21.1 ″
Distance: 3,350 ± 670 ly (1,026 ± 205 pc) ly
Apparent dimensions v: 2.6 ′ × 1.3 ′
Constellation: Vela
Designations: NGC 2899, Gum 27, PN G277.1-03.8

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: H II region
Constellation: Vela
Distance from Earth: 1014
Image: NGC 2899.png

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catalog code: RCW 43
discoverer or inventor: John Frederick William Herschel
time of discovery or invention: 1835-02-27
apparent magnitude: 13.602
right ascension: 141.762583
declination: -56.105861
spectral class: G0
epoch: J2000.0
radial velocity: 3.4
Commons category: NGC 2899

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Encyclopedic overview

NGC 2899 is a planetary nebula in the southern constellation of Vela. It was discovered by English astronomer John Herschel on February 27, 1835. This nebula can be viewed with a moderate-sized amateur telescope, but requires a larger telescope to resolve details. NGC 2899 is located at a distance of 3,350 ± 670 light-years (1,026 ± 205 pc) from the Sun and 25,894 ± 3 light-years (7,939 ± 1 pc) from the Galactic Center.

This nebula has an overall kidney shape that is elongated along an axis from WNW to ESE. The overall topology is bipolar with a significant equatorial structure. This shape is believed to result from a binary star system. The mean expansion rate is 43 to 56 km/s, with high velocity structures expanding at 110 to 130 km/s. The core mass of the central star is estimated as ~1.2 M☉.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 2899” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.