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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 .
Epsilon Carinae (ε Carinae, abbreviated Epsilon Car, ε Car), officially named Avior / ˈ eɪ v j ər /, [13] is a binary star in the southern constellation of Carina.At apparent magnitude +1.86 it is one of the brightest stars in the night sky, but is not visible from most of the northern hemisphere.
NGC 3324 is an open cluster in the southern constellation Carina, located northwest of the Carina Nebula (NGC 3372) [3] [4] at a distance of 9,100 ly (2,800 pc) from Earth. [2] It is closely associated with the emission nebula IC 2599 , also known as Gum 31 . [ 5 ]
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List of coolest stars; References This page was last edited on 13 October 2024, at 14:07 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative ...
The night sky is the nighttime appearance of celestial objects like stars, planets, and the Moon, which are visible in a clear sky between sunset and sunrise, when the Sun is below the horizon. Natural light sources in a night sky include moonlight , starlight , and airglow , depending on location and timing.
Best night for viewing green comet in the UK Thursday 2 February 2023 11:07 , Anthony Cuthbertson Unfortunately for UK sky gazers, the cloud cover that blocked the green comet last night is set to ...
The last supermoon of 2024, the Beaver Full Moon will lie in the Taurus the Bull star constellation, its usual location. (It may also occasionally fall in Aries the Ram, as it will next year, and ...