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NGC 7293 · Planetary nebula · Aquarius

Helix Nebula

Also known as C 63 · ESO 602-022

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Type

Planetary nebula

Constellation

Aquarius

Position (J2000)

22h 29m 39s · −20° 50′ 14″

Discovered

by Karl Ludwig Harding in 1824

Pictures

3

Typical integration

3.7 h

Magnitude

7.3

visual

Size

16.3′

Distance

~520 ly

Best months

Jul–Sep

Catalogue data from OpenNGC by Mattia Verga, CC BY-SA 4.0. Distances, discoverers and common names from Wikidata, CC0.