lowenthalm on 06-Sep-2020 22:48:46 GMT about PN A66 71
Based on color, the progenitor star appears to be Gaia DR2 2071605220993676544. Gaia parallax data for this star is 0.8958 ± 0.3315 mas. This works out to being between 814 and 1772 parsecs with the most likely value around 1116 parsecs. This is quite a bit more distant than the distance estimates for this object from 2008. Using this Gaia DR2 parallax data, this planetary nebula would have a reasonable size of around 3 light years.
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