CONFIRMED
    MILKY WAY
 
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| PN K 5-8 | IRAS - | GSC2.4.2 S8BB004239 | AAVSO - | 
| SIMBAD PN K 5-8 | Pan-STARRS - | SAO - | VSX - | 
| GAIA DR3 4041216852950479616 | SkyMapper 173917.14-354659.2 | WRAY - | GCVS - | 
| 2MASS J17391715-3546593 | HIP - | Hen - | BD - | 
| WISE J173917.14-354659.1 | TYC - | ESO - | HD - | 
| Bidelman (1954) | - | Allen (1984) | - | Belzcyński et al. (2001) | - | 
| Gaposchkin (1957) | - | Kenyon (1986) | - | Akras et al. (2019) | 2MASSJ17391715-3546593 (Conf.) | 
| Boyarchuk (1969) | - | Vaidis (1988, 1991) | - | 
| Right ascension (°) | 264.8214Ref | Parallax (mas) | -0.166±0.137Ref | Reddening E(B-V) (mag) | 1.33±0.01Ref, Note | 
| Declination (°) | -35.7832Ref | Distance (kpc) | 7.29Ref, Note, 10.15Ref, Note | ||
| Galactic longitude (°) | 353.4730Ref | Proper motion in α (mas/yr) | -4.79±0.21Ref | ||
| Galactic latitude (°) | -2.4679Ref | Proper motion in δ (mas/yr) | -7.06±0.14Ref | 
| X-Ray | - | IR type | SRef | Radio | - | 
| X-Ray type | - | J (mag) | 9.81Ref | Flickering | - | 
| GALEX FUV (mag) | - | H (mag) | 8.45Ref | Outbursts | - | 
| GALEX NUV (mag) | - | K (mag) | 7.64Ref | Outburst type | - | 
| IUE | NoRef | WISE W1 (mag) | 7.63Ref | Jets | - | 
| FUSE | NoRef | WISE W2 (mag) | 6.88Ref | Resolved nebula | - | 
| U (mag) | - | WISE W3 (mag) | 5.79Ref | IPmax (eV) | 114Ref | 
| B (mag) | - | WISE W4 (mag) | 4.76Ref | [O III] lines | YesRef | 
| V (mag) | - | IRAS 12μm (Jy) | - | He II lines | YesRef | 
| R (mag) | - | IRAS 25μm (Jy) | - | [Fe VII] lines | YesRef | 
| I (mag) | - | IRAS 60μm (Jy) | - | O VI lines | YesRef | 
| BP (mag) | 18.23Ref | IRAS 100μm (Jy) | - | ||
| G (mag) | 16.64Ref | AKARI S09 (Jy) | 0.25Ref | ||
| RP (mag) | 15.08Ref | AKARI S18 (Jy) | - | 
| Orbital period (days) | - | γ velocity (km/h) | - | Size of giant’s orbit (AU) | - | 
| Eccentricity | - | RV of giant (km/h) | - | Separation (AU) | - | 
| Inclination (°) | - | Inferior conj. of giant (JD) | - | Mass function | - | 
| Eclipses | - | Mass ratio | - | ||
| Orbital ephemeris | - | 
| Spectral type | M1.5Ref | Mass (M⊙) | - | Pulsation | - | 
| Eff. temperature (K) | - | Radius (R⊙) | - | Type | - | 
| IR type | SRef | Luminosity (L⊙) | - | Pulsation period (days) | - | 
| Metallicity [Fe/H] | - | Pulsation ephemeris | - | 
| Type/Spectral type | - | Mass (M⊙) | - | Spin period (min) | - | 
| Shell-burning/Accreting-only | shell-burningRef | Radius (R⊙) | - | Accretion disk | - | 
| Eff. temperature (K) | - | Luminosity (L⊙) | - | ||
| Lower limit (K) | - | ||||
| Upper limit (K) | - | 
Initially believed to be a PN after its discovery, subsequent findings, as detailed in Miszalski & Mikołajewska (2014), indicated that the spectrum of PN K 5-8 does not align with the characteristics expected for a typical PN.