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NGC 5307 - Planetary Nebula in Centaurus

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -12.81°   Az: 180.26°   Direction: South

NGC 5307 is a Planetary Nebula in the Centaurus constellation. NGC 5307 is situated south of the celestial equator and, as such, it is more easily visible from the southern hemisphere. Given its visual magnitude of 11.2, NGC 5307 is visible with the help of a telescope having an aperture of 6 inches (150mm) or more.

The image below is a photograph of NGC 5307 from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2 - see the credits section) taken in the red channel. The area of sky represented in the image is 0.5000x0.5000 degrees (30.00x30.00 arcmins).

Image of NGC 5307 - Planetary Nebula in Centaurus star
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DSS2 image of NGC 5307 in the Red band. The green region on the image is a representation of the major (0.21 arcmin) and minor (0.21 arcmin) axes of the object's apparent size.

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

13h 52m 40s
-51° 19’ 50”
00h 01m 36s
13h 54m 17s

J2000

13h 51m 02s
-51° 12’ 20”

Finder Chart

The simplified sky charts below show the position of NGC 5307 in the sky. The first chart has a field of view of 60° while the second one has a field of view of 10°.

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Finder chart for NGC 5307 - Planetary Nebula in Centaurus.

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Finder chart for NGC 5307 - Planetary Nebula in Centaurus.

Photometric Information

The following table lists the magnitude of NGC 5307 in different bands of the electomagnetic spectrum (when available), from the B band (445nm wavelength, corresponding to the Blue color), to the V band ( 551nm wavelength, corresponding to Green/Yellow color), to the J, H, K bands (corresponding to 1220nm, 1630nm, 2190nm wavelengths respectively, which are colors not visible to the human eye).

12.1
11.2
12.03
11.99
11.28

For more information about photometry in astronomy, check the photometric system article on Wikipedia.

Apparent Size

The following table reports NGC 5307 apparent angular size. The green area displayed on top of the DSS2 image of NGC 5307 is a visual representation of it.
0.21 arcmin
0.21 arcmin

Rise and Set Times

Location: Greenwich, UK
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

NGC 5307 - Planetary Nebula in Centaurus is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK