Featured Deep Sky Objects NGC 6210

Stars in Hercules | M13 | M92 | NGC 6058 | NGC 6210 | NGC 6229 Stars in Lyra | M56 | M57 | NGC 6791 Deep Sky Object Chart NGC 6210 is a planetary nebula, but much easier for amateur instruments than NGC 6058. About the size of the planet Saturn in your telescope, NGC 6210 shines at magnitude 9.7; one catalog lists it as "very bright, very small, and round". The central star of the nebula is magnitude 12.5, within reach of larger instruments. Look for the distinctive blue-green color of ionized Oxygen that characterizes this type of nebula. Home NGC 6058 NGC 6229