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About the Object	Object Name: NGC 246 Object Type: Planetary Nebula Position (J2000): RA: 0h47m04.52s Dec: -11d52m19.0s Distance: 1,800 light-years or 550 parsecs Magnitude: 11.78 Constellation: Cetus
About the Data	Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/J. Hora (Harvard-Smithsonian CfA) Instrument: IRAC Wavelengths: 3.6 (blue), 4.5 (green), 5.8 (orange), 8.0 (red) microns Exposure Date: 06 Dec 2003 Exposure Time: 214 seconds Image Scale: 5.2 x 5.2 arcminutes Orientation: North is 58.5 degrees clockwise from up Release Date:
Observers	Joseph Hora - Principal Investigator (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics) Lori Allen (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics) Lynne Deutsch (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics) Giovanni Fazio (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics) William Latter (Spitzer Science Center) Massimo Marengo (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics) Judith Pipher (University of Rochester)

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