Planetary
Nebula NGC 6884
Planetary nebula
RA 20h 10m 23.69s Dec 46° 27' 39.48"
Cygnus
5000 light years
11
1.2 arcmin, total diameter
0.26 x 0.27 arcminutes
North is 140.4° right of vertical
Howard Bond (STScI) & NASA/ESA
December 17,1997
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ABOUT
THIS IMAGE:
This
image is a part of the Hubble Gallery of Planetary Nebulae.
It was discovered by Edward Pickering on May 8, 1883 (and later listed
as NGC 6766)