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  2. List of planetary nebulae - Wikipedia

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    Box Nebula NGC 6445: 1786 4.5 11.2 Sagittarius: Eye of Sauron Nebula M 1-42: 10 14 Sagittarius

  3. Nebula - Wikipedia

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    A nebula that is visible to the human eye from Earth would appear larger, but no brighter, from close by. [6] The Orion Nebula, the brightest nebula in the sky and occupying an area twice the angular diameter of the full Moon, can be viewed with the naked eye but was missed by early astronomers. [7]

  4. Orion Nebula - Wikipedia

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    As the Orion Nebula was the 42nd object in his list, it became identified as M42. Henry Draper's 1880 photograph of the Orion Nebula, the first ever taken. One of Andrew Ainslie Common's 1883 photographs of the Orion Nebula, the first to show that a long exposure could record new stars and nebulae invisible to the human eye.

  5. Stunning new images reveal Ring Nebula in unprecedented detail

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    The James Webb Space Telescope has revealed colorful new portraits of the iconic Ring Nebula that capture unprecedented details a dying star creates glowing structures. Stunning new images reveal ...

  6. A horse-shaped nebula gets its close-up in new photos ... - AOL

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    NASA’s Webb Space Telescope has revealed the sharpest images yet of a portion of a horse-shaped nebula, showing the “mane” in finer detail. The Horsehead Nebula, in the constellation Orion ...

  7. List of largest nebulae - Wikipedia

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    The Ring Nebula is located in the lower right of the image Gum Nebula: 809–950 ly (248–291 pc) [16] [17] Emission nebula: Extends about 36° of the sky Bubble Nebula (NGC 6822) 758 ly (232 pc) [18] [19] [20] H II region: The Bubble Nebula is located in the upper left of the image NGC 6188: 600 ly (180 pc) [21] Emission nebula: NGC 592

  8. NGC 3132 - Wikipedia

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    NGC 3132 (also known as the Eight-Burst Nebula, [2] the Southern Ring Nebula, [2] or Caldwell 74) is a bright and extensively studied planetary nebula in the constellation Vela. Its distance from Earth is estimated at 613 pc or 2,000 light-years .

  9. Planetary nebula - Wikipedia

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    NGC 6326, a planetary nebula with glowing wisps of outpouring gas that are lit up by a binary [3] central star. A planetary nebula is a type of emission nebula consisting of an expanding, glowing shell of ionized gas ejected from red giant stars late in their lives. [4] The term "planetary nebula" is a misnomer because they are unrelated to ...