Planetary Nebula BV 5-2

Böhm-Vitense 5-2
Böhm-Vitense 5-2: Section of the DSS2. Here could be your picture. [147]

History

In 1956 the German-American astronomer Erika Böhm-Vitense discovered three new planetary nebulae during a study of extragalactic nebulae at Lick Observatory. This nebula here was the first listed in table V of her publication, hence the designations Böhm Vitense 5-2, BV 5-2, or also sometimes just BV 2. The other ones on this list were BV 5-1 and BV 5-3. [548]

In the late 1950-ies the American astronomer Stewart Sharpless discovered this nebula on the 48 inch Schmidt telescope photo plates of the «Palomar Observatory Sky Survey». He misidentified it as H-II region and listed it as number 179 (official designation Sh2-179) in his 1959 published catalogue of 313 H-II regions. [310]

Physical Properties

«Strasbourg-ESO Catalogue of Galactic Planetary Nebulae» Acker et al., 1992 [141]
Designations PN G121.6-00.0: BV 5-2, PK 121+00.1, ARO 201, Sh 2-179
Right Ascension (J2000.0) 00h 40m 22s
Declination (J2000.0) +62° 51' 17"
Dimensions 40." : (optical)
Radial Velocity -39.0 ± 25.0 km/s
Discoverer BOHM-VITENSE 1956

Finder Chart

The planetary nebula Böhm-Vitense 5-2 can be found in the constellation Cassiopeia. The object is circumpolar, but from July to January it is highest in the sky and best for observing.

Finder Chart Planetary Nebula BV 5-2
Planetary Nebula BV 5-2 in constellation Cassiopeia. Charts created using SkySafari 6 Pro and STScI Digitized Sky Survey. Limiting magnitudes: Constellation chart ~6.5 mag, DSS2 close-ups ~20 mag. [149, 160]

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