Observations unveil an ionized halo of planetary nebula IC 5148

On: October 15, 2018

Using ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT), astronomers have performed observations of the planetary nebula IC 5148. The new study, described in a paper published October 2 on the arXiv pre-print server, unveils the presence of IC 5148 ionized halo and provides fundamental parameters of its central star.

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