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Proper Name	Phantom Streak Nebula
Messier Number	None
NGC/IC Number	NGC 6741
Constellation	Aquila
Right Ascension	19h 2m 37s
Declination	-0° 26' 57"
Distance	Uncertain: 5,000 to 9,000 light years
Magnitude	Apparent: +11.4 Absolute: c. -5.4
Mean Diameter	Apparent: 0.1' Actual: c.0.1 light years
Optimum Visibility	July
Notes	The burst of energy that created this planetary nebula left a cloud of matter streaked out across space, with an unusual shape (as viewed from Earth) that falls somehwere between a lozenge and a rectangle.

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