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| Catalogue and alternative designations | NGC
5189, The spiral planetary
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| Type | Planetary Nebula |
| Position | 13 33.5, -65 59 |
| Constellation | Musca |
| Camera and Telescope | SBIG STXL16200 and 36.8cm Ritchey Chretien |
| Focal Ratio | F9 |
| Exposure Details | A LHaOIIIRGB image using Astrodon filters with Luminance = 100 minutes, Hydrogen Alpha = OIII = 150 minutes, Red = Green = Blue = 20 minutes. The luminance was unbinned and the colours were binned 2x2 |
| Description | This
planetary was discovered by Sir
John Hershel in 1835.
Visually it resembles a barred
spiral galaxy and it is probably
another example where we are
looking at the equatorial plane
from the side. The size is 90 x
62 arcseconds and the distance
about 3000 light years.
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