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Planetary Nebula NGC 246

• Planetary Nebula taken by Spitzer Space Telescope
• Position (J2000): RA: 0h47m04.52s Dec: -11d52m19.0s
• Distance: 1,800 light-years or 550 parsecs
• Magnitude: 11.78
• Constellation: Cetus
• About the Data Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/J. Hora (Harvard-Smithsonian CfA)
• Instrument: IRAC
• Wavelengths: 3.6 (blue), 4.5 (green), 5.8 (orange), 8.0 (red) microns
• Exposure Date: 06 Dec 2003
• Exposure Time: 214 seconds
• Image Scale: 5.2 x 5.2 arcminutes
• Orientation: North is 58.5 degrees clockwise from up

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• NGC 246
• BD-12° 134