Fine Ring Nebula — captured here by the ESO Faint Object Spectrograph and Camera mounted on the New Technology Telescope at the La Silla Observatory in Chile.[1] Credit ESO.
Observation data: J2000 epoch
Right ascension
15h 51m 42.75s
Declination
−51° 31′ 30.5″
Distance
~4900[2] ly
Apparent magnitude (V)
12.6
Apparent dimensions (V)
1.1'
Constellation
Norma
Physical characteristics
Radius
0.8 ly
Notable features
Central star is a white dwarf with a magnitude of 14.
Designations
PLN 329+2.1
See also: Lists of nebulae
Shapley 1 (Sp 1 or PLN 329+2.1)[3] is an annular planetary nebula in the constellation of Norma with a magnitude of +12.6.[4] As viewed from Earth, it is peculiar in that it seems to be a non-bipolar, torus-shaped planetary nebula. However, it is thought that this is due to the viewpoint of looking directly down on a binary system whose orbit is perpendicular to Earth.[2]
Discovered in 1936 by Harlow Shapley,[3][4] it is approximately 4900 light years from Earth, and is around 8700 years old.[2] At the center of the nebula is a magnitude 14 white dwarf star. It has an angular diameter of 1.1 arc minutes,[5] which makes it about one-third (.32) of a light year across.
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^ abcJones, D.; Mitchell, D. L.; Lloyd, M.; Pollacco, D.; O'Brien, T. J.; Meaburn, J.; Vaytet, N. M. H. (2012). "The morphology and kinematics of the Fine Ring Nebula, planetary nebula Sp 1, and the shaping influence of its binary central star". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 420 (3): 2271–79. arXiv:1111.2860. Bibcode:2012MNRAS.420.2271J. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2011.20192.x. S2CID 119164201.
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