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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]
The Southern Ring Nebula was selected as one of the five cosmic objects observed by the James Webb Space Telescope as part of the release of its first official science images on July 12, 2022. [4] Two images of NGC 3132 in near- and mid-infrared light. [5]
The Ring Nebula is located in the lower right of the image Gum Nebula: 809–950 ly (248–291 pc) [32] [33] Emission nebula: Extends about 36° of the sky Bubble Nebula (NGC 6822) 758 ly (232 pc) [34] [35] [36] H II region: The Bubble Nebula is located in the upper left of the image NGC 6188: 600 ly (180 pc) [37] Emission nebula: NGC 592
The NGC contains 7,840 objects, including galaxies, star clusters and emission nebulae. Dreyer published two supplements to the NGC in 1895 and 1908, known as the Index Catalogues (abbreviated IC), describing a further 5,386 astronomical objects. Thousands of these objects are best known by their NGC or IC numbers, which remain in widespread use.
NGC 2261 was imaged by the Hubble Space Telescope, and an image of the nebula was released in 1999. [6] A timelapse of NGC 2261 was taken over a period of 6 months by over 20 amateur astronomers at the Big Amateur Telescope from October 2021 – April 2022. In August 2022, the project was resumed as NGC 2261 came out from behind the Sun. [7]
Box Nebula: NGC 6309: 1876 6.5 11.5 Ophiuchus: NGC 6326: 1826 11 12.2 Ara: NGC 6563: 1826 5.37 ± 0.06 11 Sagittarius: NGC 6629 1784 13.4 11.3 Sagittarius: Phantom Streak Nebula: NGC 6741: 1882 7 11 Aquila: Little Gem Nebula: NGC 6818: 1787 6 9.3 Sagittarius: Abell 36: 1955 0.78 12.2 ± 2.1 Virgo: Abell 70: 1966 7.8–16 [4] Aquila: Box Nebula ...
The nebula has been studied at radio and x-ray wavelengths, but it is still unclear whether it was produced at the class O main sequence stage of development, as a red supergiant, luminous blue variable, or mainly as a Wolf-Rayet star. [2] NGC 2361 is a bright knot of nebulosity on one edge of the central ring of NGC 2359.
English: What looks much like craggy mountains on a moonlit evening is actually the edge of a nearby, young, star-forming region NGC 3324 in the Carina Nebula. Captured in infrared light by the Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam) on NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, this image reveals previously obscured areas of star birth.