Helix Nebula

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NGC 7293 -- Planetary Nebula Origin of the objects types : (Ref) Object type as listed in the reference "Ref" (acronym) Object type linked to the acronym according to the original reference () Anterior to 2007, before we can link the objet type to a reference, or given by the CDS team in some particular cases Other object types: * (CSI,GCRV,...), PN (Ref,PK,...), IR (IRAS,2MASS,...), X (2E,2RXP,...), WD* (WD), G (ESO), Rad (PKS), blu (PHL) Syntax of coordinates is : "ra dec (wtype) [error ellipse] quality bibcode" : ra dec : right ascension and declination (unit and frame defined according to your Output Options) Grey values are increasing the original precision due to the computation of frame transformations (wtype) : wavelength class for the origin of the coordinates (Rad, mm, IR, Optical, UV, Xray, Gam) [error ellipse] : coordinates error major axis, minor axis (in mas at epoch defined in your output options), position angle (in degrees North to East of the specified coordinate frame) quality : flag of quality E ≥ 10" D : 1-10" (and some old data) C : 0.1-1" B : 0.01-0.1" + 2MASS, Tyc A : VLBI, Hipparcos bibcode : bibcode of the coordinates reference ICRS coord. (ep=J2000) : 22 29 38.541 -20 50 13.64 (Infrared) [ 70 60 0 ] B 2003yCat.2246....0C Syntax of coordinates is : "ra dec (wtype) [error ellipse] quality bibcode" : ra dec : right ascension and declination (unit and frame defined according to your Output Options) Grey values are increasing the original precision due to the computation of frame transformations (wtype) : wavelength class for the origin of the coordinates (Rad, mm, IR, Optical, UV, Xray, Gam) [error ellipse] : coordinates error major axis, minor axis (in mas at epoch defined in your output options), position angle (in degrees North to East of the specified coordinate frame) quality : flag of quality E ≥ 10" D : 1-10" (and some old data) C : 0.1-1" B : 0.01-0.1" + 2MASS, Tyc A : VLBI, Hipparcos bibcode : bibcode of the coordinates reference FK4 coord. (ep=B1950 eq=1950) : 22 26 54.68 -21 05 36.6 [ 257 86 89 ] Syntax of coordinates is : "ra dec (wtype) [error ellipse] quality bibcode" : ra dec : right ascension and declination (unit and frame defined according to your Output Options) Grey values are increasing the original precision due to the computation of frame transformations (wtype) : wavelength class for the origin of the coordinates (Rad, mm, IR, Optical, UV, Xray, Gam) [error ellipse] : coordinates error major axis, minor axis (in mas at epoch defined in your output options), position angle (in degrees North to East of the specified coordinate frame) quality : flag of quality E ≥ 10" D : 1-10" (and some old data) C : 0.1-1" B : 0.01-0.1" + 2MASS, Tyc A : VLBI, Hipparcos bibcode : bibcode of the coordinates reference Gal coord. (ep=J2000) : 036.1614 -57.1183 [ 70 60 0 ] Syntax of proper motions is : "pm-ra pm-dec [error ellipse] quality bibcode" pm-ra : mu-ra*cos(dec) (expressed in the ICRS system in mas/yr) pm-dec : mu-dec (expressed in the ICRS system in mas/yr) [error ellipse] : error major axis and minor axis (in mas), orientation angle (in deg) quality : flag of quality (A=best quality -> E=worst quality, {� } =unknown quality) bibcode : bibcode of the proper motion reference Proper motions mas/yr : 32 -5 [5 1 89] C ~ Syntax of radial velocity (or/and redshift) is : "value [error] (wavelength) quality bibcode" value : radial velocity or/and redshift (Heliocentric frame) according to your Output Options (redshift may be not displayed if the data value is <0 and the database inside value is a radial velocity) [error] : error of the corresponding value displayed before (wavelength) : wavelength range of the measurement : Rad, mm, IR, Opt, UV, Xray, Gam or  '∼'(unknown) quality : flag of quality ( A=best quality -> E=worst quality, {� } =unknown quality) bibcode : bibcode of the value's origin Radial velocity / Redshift / cz : V(km/s) -15 [10] / z(~) -0.000050 [0.000033] / cz -15.00 [10.00]    E 1953GCRV..C......0W Syntax of parallax is : 'value quality [error] bibcode' value : parallax value quality : flag of quality (A=best quality -> E=worst quality, {� } =unknown quality) [error] : mean error bibcode : bibcode of the parallax reference Parallaxes (mas): 4.64 [0.27] D 2009AJ....138.1969B Spectral type is made of 3 parts: %coding is composed of 4 parts : the spectral type, which is made of a temperature class, eventually a luminosity class (roman number) and/or spectral peculiarities; a quality letter: A=best quality→E=worst quality, {� } =unknown quality % a quality letter: A=best quality -> E=worst quality, {� } =unknown quality bibcode : bibcode of the spectral type reference Spectral type: DAO.5 C 2011ApJ...743..138G Syntax of angular size is : "maj-axis min-axis angle (wtype) quality bibcode" maj-axis : major axis size (arc minutes) min-axis : minor axis size (arc minutes) angle : orientation angle (in degrees) (incl) : inclination (in units of 15° from 0 to 7) (wtype) : wavelength class for the origin of the angular size (Rad, mm, IR, Opt, UV, Xray, Gam) quality : flag of quality of the angular size values ( A=best quality -> E=worst quality, {� } =unknown quality) bibcode : bibcode of the angular size reference Angular size (arcmin): 13.400 13.400 90 (Rad) D 2008ApJ...689..194S Syntax of fluxes (or magnitudes) is : "filter-name (System) flux-value [error] quality MultVarFlags bibcode" filter-name : U, B, V, R, I, G, J, H, K, u, g, r, i, z (System) : may be AB (default is Vega) flux-value : value of flux or magnitude [error] : error value quality : flag of quality of the flux value ( A=best quality -> E=worst quality, {� } =unknown quality) MultVarFlags : Mult is zero or one char (J) for joined photometry ; Var can be zero or two chars (V[0-4]) bibcode : bibcode of the flux reference Fluxes (8) : U 11.894 [~] D 2007AJ....133..768L B 13.158 [~] D 2007AJ....133..768L V 13.524 [~] D 2007AJ....133..768L R 13.689 [~] D 2007AJ....133..768L I 13.898 [~] D 2007AJ....133..768L J 14.332 [0.024] C 2003yCat.2246....0C H 14.49 [0.04] C 2003yCat.2246....0C K 14.55 [0.08] C 2003yCat.2246....0C	SIMBAD with radius arcmin Interactive AladinLite view 2MASS DSS SDSSXMMIRACIRISGALEX VizieR photometry viewer    within radius arcsec The VizieR photometry tool allows for easy visualization of photometry points extracted around the Simbad position from photometry-enabled catalogues in VizieR. 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NGC 7293	IRAS X2226-210	PLX 5437	WD 2226-210
CSI-21-22270	2MASS J22293854-2050136	PLX 5437.00	WEB 19878
2E 4615	NAME Helix Nebula	PN G036.1-57.1	2XMM J222938.5-205014
2E 2226.9-2105	NAME HELICAL NEB	PN ARO 17	[HBC92] 222654.7-210537
ESO 602-22	PHL 287	PN VV' 563	[LFO93] 2226-21
GCRV 14134	PK 036-57	PN VV 275	[RHK93] 18755
GJ 9785	PK 036-57 1	2RXP J222938.8-205015
GSC2 S32303301945	PKS 2226-211	USNO 271
IRAS 22267-2102	PKS J2229-2050	uvby98 610160287

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