Purgathofer-Weinberger 1

In May 1980, Austrian astronomers Alois Purgathofer and Ronald Weinberger discovered a large, faint planetary nebula while searching Palomar Observatory Sky Survey prints for possible flare stars. As their first co-discovery of a planetary, it was designated Purgathofer-Weinberger 1. This is usually abbreviated PuWe 1, but also carries the catalog designation PN G158.9+17.8. This objectContinue reading “Purgathofer-Weinberger 1”
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