Q97017048
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planetary nebula in the constellation of Carina
Astronomical data · SIMBAD
- Object type
- PN
- Spectral type
- [WO2]
- Distance
- 9,462 light-years
- Redshift
- z = 0.000060043339737081425
- Coordinates
- RA 140.3558° · Dec -58.3113°
via SIMBAD · CDS Strasbourg
Key facts
- Right ascension
- 09 21 25.38336
- Declination
- −58 ° 18 ′ 40.6167 ″
- Distance
- 7,270 ly (2,228 pc ) ly
- Apparent dimensions v
- 12″ , 43.3″ × 35.6″
- Constellation
- Carina
- Designations
- ESO 126-8, PN G278.1-05.9, Caldwell 90
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
NGC 2867 (also known as Caldwell 90) is an elliptical Type II planetary nebula in the southern constellation of Carina, just over a degree to the NNW of the star Iota Carinae. It was discovered by John Herschel on April 1, 1834. Herschel initially thought he might have found a new planet, but on the following night he checked again and discovered it had not moved. The nebula is located at a distance of 7,270 light-years from the Sun.
The central star of the nebula is of spectral type WC3 and is in the process of evolving into a white dwarf, having previously shed the atmosphere that created the surrounding nebula. It is now a hydrogen deficient GW Vir variable that is undergoing non-radial pulsations with an amplitude of less than 0.3 in magnitude. The star has an estimated temperature of 165+18 −20 kK with 5% of the radius of the Sun and is radiating 1,400 times the Sun's luminosity.
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