Right ascension 18 11 52.5 Distance 14,000 ly Designations ESO 456-70 | Declination −28° 10′ 42.3″ Apparent dimensions (V) 10" x 8" Magnitude 13 Apparent magnitude (V) 13 | |
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Similar NGC 6578, NGC 6500, NGC 6751, Red Spider Nebula, NGC 6522 | ||
NGC 6565, also known as ESO 456-70, is a planetary nebula 14 thousand light years away, whose star is dying (the colors and the nebula itself result from a body of gases formed by the stellar winds that have peeled and pushed away the star's outer layers). It is about 13th magnitude and a tiny diameter of 8 to 10 arc seconds.
It is located in the constellation Sagittarius.
References
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