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It is also known as the Lobster Nebula. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] This nebula was given the name War and Peace Nebula by the Midcourse Space Experiment scientists because of its appearance, which, in infrared images the bright, western part resembles a dove, while the eastern part looks like a skull. [ 6 ]
Over the course of around 10,000 years the white dwarf will cool down dramatically, diminishing the light of the nebula and making it only visible in a long-exposure photograph. [2] The nebula of NGC 6565 is thought to be composed of three different zones. The inner zone, which is the bright circle seen in the featured image, is heavily ionized ...
NGC 2404 is a massive H II region inside NGC 2403, a spiral galaxy in Camelopardalis.It was discovered on February 2, 1886 by Gulliaume Bigourdan. NGC 2404 is approximately 940 ly in diameter, making it one of the largest H II regions so far known.
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 ...
Right ascension: 17 h 13 m 44.211 s [1] Declination: −37° 06′ 15.94 ... Butterfly Nebula, or Caldwell 69) is a bipolar planetary nebula in the constellation ...
IC 11, Sh2-184, [3] Sharpless 184, [1] LBN 616, LBN 123.17-06.28, Pacman Nebula See also: Lists of nebulae NGC 281 , IC 11 or Sh2-184 is a bright emission nebula and part of an H II region in the northern constellation of Cassiopeia and is part of the Milky Way 's Perseus Spiral Arm .
More surprising is the beautiful rich blue colour that looks much like the coloured images of Neptune taken by Voyager 2 in 1989. Spectroscopy reveals NGC 3918 is approaching us at 17±3.0 kilometres per second, while the nebulosity is expanding at around 24 kilometres per second.
Jewel Bug Nebula, [citation needed] Gummy Bear Nebula [5] See also: Lists of nebulae NGC 7027, also known as the Jewel Bug Nebula or the Magic Carpet Nebula , [ 6 ] is a very young and dense planetary nebula [ 7 ] located around 3,000 light-years (920 parsecs ) from Earth in the constellation Cygnus .