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PN M 2-40

PlanetaryNeb SIMBAD PN 69 papers

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Right ascension: 18h 21m 23.86s
Declination: −06° 01′ 55.8″
Galactic l, b: 24.123, 3.885
Magnitude V: 15.8
Parallax: 0.1276 mas
Redshift z: 0.00030025
Radial velocity: 90 km/s
Proper motion: -0.244, -4.754 mas/yr
Angular size: 0.167′ × 0.157′

Also known as

13 identifiers

2MASX J18212385-0601552Gaia DR3 4161093027951979776GSC2 S300322018IRAS 18187-0603[M82] 5PK 024+03 1PN ARO 275PN G024.1+03.8PN M 2-40PN MA 5PN VV 175PN VV' 396SS73 157

In the same field

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Object	Type	Separation	V
OGLE GD-RRLYR-10564	RRLyrae	369.2″	—
IRAS 18183-0557	Mira	503″	—
PMN J1821-0610	Radio	526.7″	—
2MASS J18214991-0607568	RGB*	530.6″	—

Provenance

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Machine-readable: /api/v1/object/pn-m-2-40 · Registry entry updated 2026-08-14.