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The Owl Nebula (also known as Messier 97, M97 or NGC 3587) is a planetary nebula approximately 2,030 light years away in the constellation Ursa Major. [2] Estimated to be about 8,000 years old, [ 6 ] it is approximately circular in cross-section with a faint internal structure.
The Southern Owl Nebula (PLN 283+25.1, ESO 378-1) is a planetary nebula located in the constellation Hydra. The nebula lies at a distance of 2,030 light years from Earth. It is named so because of its resemblance to the Owl Nebula in Ursa Major. [2] The nebula is notably symmetric, round, and has a diameter of approximately four light-years ...
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Media in category "Images of nebulae" ... 246 KB. M2-9motivo corradi.gif 201 × 591; 1.08 MB. The Eagle Nebula M16 Peering Into the Pillars Of Creation.jpg 2,400 × ...
NGC 3675 is a spiral galaxy located in the constellation Ursa Major.It is located at a distance of about 50 million light years from Earth, which, given its apparent dimensions, means that NGC 3675 is about 100,000 light years across.
NGC 6357 is a diffuse nebula near NGC 6334 in the constellation Scorpius. The nebula contains many proto-stars shielded by dark discs of gas, and young stars wrapped in expanding "cocoons" or expanding gases surrounding these small stars. It is also known as the Lobster Nebula.
SDSS image of NGC 5473. Observation data (J2000 epoch) Constellation: Ursa Major: Right ascension: 14 h 04 m 43.22677 s [1] Declination +54° 53′ 33.5103 ...
The winning image of the 2009 Gemini Astronomy Contest shows a nebula at the top left of NGC 6751. [7] This 80 x 40 arcsec nebula was discovered in 1990 by Hua & Louise at the Newton focus of the Foucault telescope, 120cm in diameter at Observatoire de Haute Provence (O.H.P.) Saint Michel l'Observatoire.