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NGC 5189 (Gum 47, IC 4274, nicknamed Spiral Planetary Nebula) is a planetary nebula in the constellation Musca.
It was discovered by James Dunlop on 1 July 1826, who catalogued it as Δ252.
For many years, well into the 1960s, it was thought to be a bright emission nebula.
It was Karl Gordon Henize in 1967 who first described NGC 5189 as quasi-planetary based on its spectral emissions.
Seen through the telescope it seems to have an S shape.
NGC 5189 is estimated to be 1,780 to 3000 light years away from Earth.(WIKI)
Imaged with Chilescope 1M for Ha (60 min bin 1)
RGB - 16" F8 Hypergraph from Tivoli farm Namibia