Re: Id of Hen 2-442 > Although I have not checked primary sources, SIMBAD identifies Hen 2-442 > with the planetary nebula PN G061.8+02.1 at: 19 39 43.36 +26 29 33.0 (J2000). > Apparently this comes from the Munari & Zwitter spectrophotometric atlas > 2002A&A...383..188M. > This is sufficiently far from the nominal NSV 12270 position that they > may not be related. The original position in the Perek Kohoutek catalog precesses to 193939.4 +263058 (2000.0) PK61+2.1 The NSV position apparently agrees with this. Being a GCAS: star, I suspect the identity of NSV12270 with He2-442. Regards, Taichi Kato
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