NGC 2242 Little Owl Nebula (Jerry Yesavage)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Auriga (Aur) · Contains: NGC 2242 · PK170+15.1

NGC 2242 Little Owl Nebula

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GC 2242 is a planetary nebula in the constellation [url=mw-redirect=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auriga_(constellation)]Auriga[/url]. It was discovered by Lewis A. Swift on November 24, 1886,=reference=cite-bracket[1=cite-bracket] and was thought to be a galaxy until a study published in 1987 showed it to be a planetary nebula. (See citation below)

The nebula is located about 6,500 light-years away, and about 1,600 light-years above the galactic plane.

The central star of the planetary nebula is an O-type star with a [url=mw-redirect=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spectral_type]spectral type[/url] of O(H).

Surprising for a 20 Arc" object there is an extensive scientific paper (1987 one) on it that concludes it is definitely an PN:

https://articles.adsabs.harvard.edu//full/1987A%26A...178..221M/0000226.000.html

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RA (center)	06h34m07s.161
RA (top/left)	06h33m40s.610
RA (top/right)	06h33m41s.780
RA (bottom/right)	06h34m33s.648
RA (bottom/left)	06h34m32s.633

Dec (center)	+44°46′37″.83
Dec (top/left)	+44°51′08″.27
Dec (top/right)	+44°41′55″.49
Dec (bottom/right)	+44°42′07″.80
Dec (bottom/left)	+44°51′20″.20

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