Planetary Nebula NGC 7076

NGC 7076
NGC 7076: Planetarischer Nebel in Cepheus; 500 mm Cassegrain 3625 mm f/7.2; SBIG STL11K; 280+3*80 min LRGB; Bernese Highlands; © 2015 Radek Chromik

History

The nebula NGC 7076 was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on 15 October 1794. J. L. E. Dreyer described the nebula as very faint and easy to resolve. George Ogden Abell then identified NGC 7076 on the «Palomar Observatory Sky Survey» (POSS) photoplates in 1964 and then listed it as number 75 in his 1966 list of 86 PNs discovered on the POSS photoplates. [196]

Physical Properties

NGC 7076 is one of the brightest PNs in Abell's catalog, consisting mostly of large-scale, low-luminosity PNs. The PN Abell 75 (A66 75) is not to be confused with the galaxy cluster Abell 75 (ACO 75) of the same name in the constellation Pisces. The distance to NGC 7076 is given as 1845 parsecs, about 6000 light years. [145, 196, 332]

«Strasbourg-ESO Catalogue of Galactic Planetary Nebulae» Acker et al., 1992 [141]
DesignationsPN G101.8+08.7: A 75, PK 101+08.1, ARO 359
Right Ascension (J2000.0)21h 26m 24s
Declination (J2000.0)+62° 53' 27"
Dimensions 56." (optical), 57." (radio)
Expansion Velocity 42.0 km/s (O-III)
C-Star DesignationsAG82 426
C-Star Magnitude18.0 mag (B filter)
C-Star Spectral TypeIUE obsns
DiscovererABELL 1964

Finder Chart

The planetary nebula NGC 7076 is located in the constellation Cepheus. The best viewing time is May to December when the constellation is highest in the night sky.

Chart Planetary Nebula NGC 7076
Planetary Nebula NGC 7076 in constellation Cepheus. 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
196Celestial Atlas by Curtney Seligman; cseligman.com/text/atlas.htm (2020-12-28)
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