NGC
2022
Planetary Nebula
RA 5h 42m 6.38s Dec 9° 5' 9.94"
Orion
5000 light years
12.80
28"
0.61 x 0.66 arcminutes
North is 148.0° left of vertical
Howard Bond (ST ScI) and NASA/ESA
December 17, 1997
2019 image: N1932
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ABOUT THIS IMAGE:
NGC 2022 is a planetary nebula in the constellation Orion. In medium-sized amateur telescopes it looks like small grayish patch of light. It is not very bright but it is still easy to spot in the eyepiece. It has an apparent size of 0.65 arcminutes.
This
image is a part of the Hubble Gallery of Planetary Nebulae.