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N49 or LMC N49 [3] (PKS 0525-66, [1] [3] PKS B0525-661, [3] PKS J0525-6604, [3] SNR J052559-660453 [1]), also known as Brasil Nebula, [4] is the brightest supernova remnant in the Large Magellanic Cloud, approximately 160,000 light-years from Earth. Its form has been assessed to be roughly 5,000 years old.
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 .
IC 349, also known as Barnard's Merope Nebula, is a nebula which lies 3500 AUs (0.06 light years) [2] from the star Merope in the Pleiades cluster.. It was discovered in November 1890 by the American astronomer Edward Emerson Barnard, who described it as "a new and comparatively bright round cometary nebula close south and following Merope (23 Tau) ... about 30" in diameter, of the 13 ...
NGC 3918 is a bright planetary nebula in the constellation Centaurus, nicknamed the "Blue Planetary" or "The Southerner". It is the brightest of the far southern planetary nebulae. This nebula was discovered by Sir John Herschel in March 1834 and is easily visible through small telescopes.
Eagle Nebula: 140 ly (43 pc) [42] H II region: Part of another diffuse nebula IC 4703. Rosette Nebula: 130 ly (40 pc) [43] H II region: Only 36 stars were known to be in this nebula but the Chandra telescope increased the number of known stars to 160. Lagoon Nebula: 110 ly (34 pc) [44] H II region: Veil Nebula: 100–130 ly (31–40 pc) [45 ...
NGC 6826 (also known as Caldwell 15) is a planetary nebula located in the constellation Cygnus. It is commonly referred to as the "Blinking Planetary", although many other nebulae exhibit such "blinking". When viewed through a small telescope, the brightness of the central star overwhelms the eye when viewed directly, obscuring the surrounding ...
NGC 2022 is a planetary nebula in the equatorial constellation of Orion, located at a distance of 8.21 kilolight-years from the Sun. [3] It was first observed by William Herschel on December 28, 1785, who described it as: considerably bright, nearly round, like a star with a large diameter, like an ill-defined planetary nebula. [7]
IC 5146 (also Caldwell 19, Sh 2-125, Barnard 168, and the Cocoon Nebula) is a reflection [2] /emission [3] nebula and Caldwell object in the constellation Cygnus. The NGC description refers to IC 5146 as a cluster of 9.5 mag stars involved in a bright and dark nebula. The cluster is also known as Collinder 470. [4]