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The Boomerang Nebula is a protoplanetary nebula [2] located 5,000 light-years from Earth in the constellation Centaurus. It is also known as the Bow Tie Nebula and catalogued as LEDA 3074547. [ 3 ] The nebula's temperature is measured at 1 K (−272.15 °C ; −457.87 °F ) making it the coolest natural place currently known in the Universe .
Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. The last meteor shower of 2023 is set to send meteors streaking across the sky just in time for the ...
The radiant for Quadrantids -- the point in the sky from which the meteors appear to originate -- is an obsolete constellation called "Quadrans Muralis," located between the constellations of ...
IAU designated constellations by area; Historical brightest stars, the brightest star in Earth's night sky at each period within the last or next 5 million years; Limiting magnitude; List of variable stars; List of semiregular variable stars; List of stars that have unusual dimming periods; List of brightest natural objects in the sky; List of ...
Best visible at 21:00 (9 p.m.) during the month of June. Corona Borealis is a small constellation in the Northern Celestial Hemisphere . It is one of the 48 constellations listed by the 2nd-century astronomer Ptolemy , and remains one of the 88 modern constellations .
Aldebaran varies in brightness from an apparent visual magnitude 0.75 down to 0.95, making it the brightest star in the constellation, as well as (typically) the fourteenth-brightest star in the night sky. It is positioned at a distance of approximately 65 light-years from the Sun.
NGC 7662 is a planetary nebula located in the northern constellation Andromeda.It is known as the Blue Snowball Nebula, Snowball Nebula, and Caldwell 22.This nebula was discovered October 6, 1784 by the German-born English astronomer William Herschel.
A rare cosmic eruption is expected to occur in the Milky Way in the coming months — an outburst so bright that a “new” star will seemingly appear for a short time in the night sky.