Hen 2-13

Constellation
Vela

Equatorial coordinates
α = 08 43 28.096
δ = -46 06 39.956

Galactic coordinates
l = 265.1589°
b = -2.2286°

Suspected	1974^Ref
Re-classified	1992^Ref
Type	PN^Ref

Identifiers

Hen 2-13	IRAS 08417-4555	GSC2.4.2 S67R005471	AAVSO -
SIMBAD Ve 7-26	Pan-STARRS -	SAO -	VSX -
GAIA DR3 5329858293258344448	SkyMapper -	WRAY 16-27	GCVS -
2MASS J08432807-4606399	HIP -	Hen -	BD -
WISE J084328.07-460640.1	TYC -	ESO -	HD -

Symbiotic Catalogs

Bidelman (1954)	-	Allen (1984)	-	Belzcyński et al. (2001)	-
Gaposchkin (1957)	-	Kenyon (1986)	-	Akras et al. (2019)	-
Boyarchuk (1969)	-	Vaidis (1988, 1991)	-

Position

Right ascension (°)	130.8671^Ref	Parallax (mas)	-	Reddening E(B-V) (mag)	2.41±0.32^Ref ^{, Note}
Declination (°)	-46.1111^Ref	Distance (kpc)	-^{, Note}
Galactic longitude (°)	265.1589^Ref	Proper motion in α (mas/yr)	-
Galactic latitude (°)	-2.2286^Ref	Proper motion in δ (mas/yr)	-

Links

SIMBAD CDS Portal

Notes

In 1974, based on infrared photometry, it was suggested by Allen & Glass (1974) that this southern planetary nebula exhibits a continuum similar to that of symbiotic and VV Cephei stars. In Acker et al. (1992), the target is classified as a true PN.

References

Acker, A., Marcout, J., Ochsenbein, F. et al., 1992, The Strasbourg-ESO Catalogue of Galactic Planetary Nebulae. Parts I, 1, 1992secg.book.....A
Allen, D. A., Glass, I. S., 1974, MNRAS, 167, 337, 1974MNRAS.167..337A