Planetary Nebula Abell 19

Abell 19
Abell 19: Planetary Nebula in Gemini; 500 mm Cassegrain 3625 mm f/7.2; SBIG STL11K; 410-120-120-120 min LRGB; Bernese Highland; © 2015 Radek Chromik

History

This planetary nebula was discovered in 1955 by the American astronomer George Ogden Abell on the photo plates of the «Palomar Observatory Sky Survey» (POSS). In 1955 he published a first list of 13 globular clusters and the positions of 73 planetary nebulae. The PN had the number 19 (A55 14). In 1966 Abell published a complete list including the size and description of the 86 planetary nebulae discovered on the POSS photo plates. This planetary nebula was then number 19 on his list. The designation PK 200+08.1 comes from the two Czechoslovak astronomers Luboš Perek and Luboš Kohoutek, who in 1967 compiled a catalog of all the planetary nebulae of the Milky Way known at that time. [331, 332]

Physical Properties

Abell 19 is an old and very faint planetary nebula. The distance to Earth is 2310 pc. [145]

«Strasbourg-ESO Catalogue of Galactic Planetary Nebulae» Acker et al., 1992 [141]
DesignationsPN G200.7+08.4: A 19, PK 200+08.1, A55 14, ARO 130, VV' 51
Right Ascension (J2000.0)06h 59m 57s
Declination (J2000.0)+14° 36' 47"
Dimensions 67." (optical)
DiscovererABELL 1955

Finder Chart

This planetary nebula can be found in the constellation Gemini and is highest in the sky from the months October through April.

Chart Planetary Nebula Abell 19
Planetary Nebula Abell 19 in constellation Gemini. Chart created using SkySafari 6 Pro and STScI Digitized Sky Survey. [149, 160]

Visual Observation

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References

141Strasbourg-ESO Catalogue of Galactic Planetary Nebulae; A. Acker, F. Ochsenbein, B. Stenholm, R. Tylenda, J. Marcout, C. Schohn; European Southern Observatory; ISBN 3-923524-41-2 (1992); Bibcode:1992secg.book.....A
145SIMBAD astronomical database; simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad
149SkySafari 6 Pro, Simulation Curriculum; skysafariastronomy.com
160The STScI Digitized Sky Survey; archive.stsci.edu/cgi-bin/dss_form
331«Globular Clusters and Planetary Nebulae Discovered on the National Geographic Society-Palomar Observatory Sky Survey» Abell, G. O.; Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, Vol. 67, No. 397, p.258-261, August 1955; DOI:10.1086/126815; Bibcode:1955PASP...67..258A
332«Properties of Some Old Planetary Nebulae» Abell, G. O.; Astrophysical Journal, vol. 144, p.259, April 1966; DOI:10.1086/148602; Bibcode:1966ApJ...144..259A