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Object name: PNABELL80Designation(s): PNABELL80, The planetary nebula Abell 80, AKA PN G102.8-05.0, is located in Lacerta. The only distance estimate I found for it puts it at 1.9 kpc (6,200 light-years). http://articles.adsabs.harvard.edu//full/2005MNRAS.357..619P/0000624.000.html Visually it is very faint with reports of seeing it in a 16 being about a 50-50 deal. While it is often described as being a ring I get more of a sense of a cylinder tilted downward (north up). This would explain why the sides are strong but the top and bottom rather weak. Also, the weak top and bottom areas are about the same length as the bright side regions. Related Designation(s):PNABELL80, |