Description |
This
planetary nebula somewhat
resembles the dumb bell nebula
(M27) but is smaller and
fainter.
It is 70 x 50
arcsec in size and listed as
magnitude 12.5. NGC 5844
is surrounded by a faint halo,
roughly 4.5 arcmin in size that
was discovered in 1998. It
is faintly visible in this
image.
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