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NGC 7009 (Saturn Nebula) - Planetary Nebula in Aquarius

Above the horizon.  Rise: 1:20 | Tran: 6:20 | Set: 11:21
Alt: 20.10°   Az: 142.52°   Direction: South-East

NGC 7009 is a Planetary Nebula in the Aquarius constellation. NGC 7009 is situated close to the celestial equator and, as such, it is at least partly visible from both hemispheres in certain times of the year. Given its visual magnitude of 8, NGC 7009 is visible with the help of a binocular with a 40-50mm aperture or a small telescope.

The image below is a photograph of NGC 7009 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 7009 (Saturn Nebula) - Planetary Nebula in Aquarius star
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DSS2 image of NGC 7009 in the Red band.

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

21h 05m 33s
-11° 15’ 40”
21h 37m 27s
18h 43m 01s

J2000

21h 04m 10s
-11° 21’ 47”

Finder Chart

The simplified sky charts below show the position of NGC 7009 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 7009 (Saturn Nebula) - Planetary Nebula in Aquarius.

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Finder chart for NGC 7009 (Saturn Nebula) - Planetary Nebula in Aquarius.

Photometric Information

The following table lists the magnitude of NGC 7009 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).

8.3
8
9.33
9.46
8.75

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

Rise and Set Times

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

Today's NGC 7009 (Saturn Nebula) - Planetary Nebula in Aquarius rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 101.3°
Max altitude: 27.3°
Azimuth: 258.7°