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NGC 6210, sometimes also known as the Turtle Nebula, [4] is a planetary nebula located in the constellation Hercules, approximately 5.4 ± 1.3 kly from the Sun. [2] It is positioned about 38° above the galactic plane at a vertical distance of about 3.3 kilolight-years (1 kpc) and thus has little extinction from intervening interstellar dust. [5]
Abell 39 (PN A66 39) is a low surface brightness [4] planetary nebula in the constellation of Hercules.It is the 39th entry in George Abell's 1966 Abell Catalog of Planetary Nebulae (and 27th in his 1955 catalog) of 86 old planetary nebulae which either Abell or Albert George Wilson discovered before August 1955 as part of the National Geographic Society - Palomar Observatory Sky Survey.
Turtle Nebula: NGC 6210: 1825 4.7 9.3 Hercules: Bow-Tie Nebula: NGC 40: Caldwell 2 1788 ... Hercules: Oyster Nebula: NGC 1501: 1787 4.2 13 Camelopardalis: NGC 1514: ...
95 Herculis is a double stellar system in the constellation Hercules, located 432 light-years from Earth. Characteristics. From the naked eye, ...
Messier 13, or M13 (also designated NGC 6205 and sometimes called the Great Globular Cluster in Hercules, the Hercules Globular Cluster, or the Great Hercules Cluster), is a globular cluster of several hundred thousand stars in the constellation of Hercules.
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It is located in the sky within the constellation Hercules. It is an E0 type lenticular, elliptical galaxy. It is an E0 type lenticular, elliptical galaxy. It was discovered by German astronomer Albert Marth in 1864 with a mirror type telescope with a diameter of 121.92 cm (48 inches).
A blazingly bright event known as a nova, a light show that happens approximately once every 80 years, is expected to be visible in the coming months -- an event more rare than a total solar eclipse.