Messier Planetary Nebula Distances

Here we give reported distances for the Messier Planetary Nebulae from various sources. Unit is in thousands of light-years, kly.

Nebula        M27      M57      M76      M97
NGC           6853     6720     650-1    3587

Ours-New      1.25     2.3      2.5      2.6
Ours-Old      1.25     4.1      3.4      2.6

O'D62         0.85     2.20     1.75     1.62
Hynes         0.8
Ma84          1.3      2.28
Cahn92        0.854    2.84     2.41     2.00
VdS94         1.3      3.26     4.24     3.88
Po96          1.17     1.63     2.35     1.79
Ha97          1.24     2.30
Ph2002        1.17     1.96     2.54     1.39
Fr2016        1.32     2.41     3.03     2.84
NOAO          0.85     3.00     2.50     2
SIMBAD        0.86     2.87     2.43     2.02

Sources:

O'D62: Charles Robert O'Dell, 1962. A distance Scale for Planetary Nebulae Based on Emission-Line Fluxes. Astrophysical Journal, vol. 135, pp. 371-384 (03/1962) [ADS: 1962ApJ...135..371O]
Ma84: Maciel W., 1984. A catalogue of distances of planetary nebulae. Astronomy and Astrophysics Suppl., Vol. 55, p. 253 [ADS: 1984A&AS...55..253M].
Cahn92: Cahn, J. H.; Kaler, J. B.; Stanghellini, L., 1992. A catalogue of absolute fluxes and distances of planetary nebulae. Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement Series, vol. 94, no. 3, Sept. 1992, pp. 399-452 [ADS: 1992A&AS...94..399C].
VdS94: Van De Steene, G., Zijlstra A., 1994. On an alternative statistical distance scale for planetary nebulae. Catalog with statistical distances to planetary nebulae. Astronomy and Astrophysics Suppl., Vol. 108, pp. 485-490 (12/1994) [ADS: 1994A&AS..108..485V].
Po96: Pottasch, S.R., 1996. Local space density and formation rate of planetary nebulae. Astronomy and Astrophysics, 307, pp. 561-578 [ADS: 1996A&A...307..561P].
Ha97: Harris, H.C., Dahn, C.C., Monet, D.G., and Pier, J.R., 1997. Trigonometric parallaxes of Planetary Nebulae. In H.J. Habing and H.J.G.L.M. Lamers (eds.), Planetary Nebulae. IAU Symposium No. 180, pp. 40-45 [ADS: 1997IAUS..180...40H].
Ph2002: J.P. Phillips, 2002. The Distances of Planetary Nebulae: A Scale Based upon Nearby Sources. Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, Volume 139, Issue 1, pp. 199-217 (3/2002) [ADS: 2002ApJS..139..199P]
Fr2016: David J. Frew, Q.A. Parker, and I.S. Bojicic, 2016. The H alpha surface brightness-radius relation: a robust statistical distance indicator for planetary nebulae. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 455, Issue 2, pp. 1459-1488 (01/2016) [ADS: 2016MNRAS.455.1459F] -- [Preprint: arXiv:1504.01534]
NOAO: N.A. Sharp et.al.. NOAO Website
SIMBAD: SIMBAD Astronomical Database -- CDS (Strasbourg)

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