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| Catalogue and alternative designations |
Henize 2-152, ESO 225-8, PNG 333.4+1.1 |
| Type | Planetary Nebula |
| Position | 16 50 20, -49 13 25 |
| Constellation | Norma |
| Camera and Telescope | STXL16200 and 36.8 cm Ritchey Chretien |
| Focal Ratio | F9 |
| Exposure Details | This is a HaOIIILRGB image with Luminance = Red = Green = Blue = 25 minutes, Hydrogen Alpha = 220 minutes, Oxygen III = 240 minutes. All binned 2x2 using Astrodon filters. |
| Description | Henize 2-152 is a small obscure planetary nebula in Norma. It was discovered by the late astronomer astronaut Karl Henize. The nebula is only 11" in diameter but there is faint bi-polar structure extending outward as much as 2 arcminutes although this image only shows the inner part of that. The photographic magnitude is listed as 13.5 so it isn't all that faint. |