Box nebula

NGC 6309

Planetary Nebula Good (57/100)

NGC 6309 PlanetaryNebula Oph Visible Level 4 Large telescope (10"+) - Benefits from OIII filter

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Properties

Magnitude 11.0

Angular Size 0.3′

Description

close Dneb, 160deg , both B, eS

Position & Identifiers

RA 17h 14m 06.0s

Dec -12° 55' 00.0"

Constellation Oph

Catalog NGC 6309

Visibility

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Eyepiece View

Telescope Eyepiece

200x TFOV: 0.2° Lim. mag: 14.2

Seeing Bortle

Box nebula · 0.3′ · N up, E left

Central Star

Surface Brightness & Observing Difficulty

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