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The Helix Nebula (also known as NGC 7293 or Caldwell 63) is a planetary nebula (PN) located in the constellation Aquarius. Discovered by Karl Ludwig Harding, most likely before 1824, this object is one of the closest of all the bright planetary nebulae to Earth. [3] The distance, measured by the Gaia mission, is 655±13 light-years. [4]
English: The Helix Nebula: a Gaseous Envelope Expelled By a Dying Star About the Object. Object Name: Helix Nebula, NGC 7293 or "The Eye of God" Object Description: Planetary Nebula; Position (J2000): R.A. 22h 29m 48.20s; Dec. -20° 49' 26.0" Constellation: Aquarius; Distance: About 690 light-years (213 parsecs)
Medusa Nebula: Abell 21 1955 1.0 (approx.) 15.99 Gemini: Jewel Bug Nebula: NGC 7027: 1878 3.0 (approx.) 10 Cygnus: Helix Nebula: NGC 7293: 1824 0.68 +0.15 −0.08: 7.6 Aquarius: Little Dumbbell Nebula: M76: NGC 650, NGC 651: 1780 3.4 (approx.) 10.1 Perseus: Owl Nebula: M97: NGC 3587: 1781 2.6 (approx.) 9.9 Ursa Major: Twin Jet Nebula or ...
The size is likely larger. The paper only describes the maximal distance to the nucleus and not the entire size. nebula around the Teacup galaxy: 363,000 ly (111,000 pc) [20] ionized nebula part of the circumgalactic medium around the Teacup galaxy, illuminated by the AGN: Lyman-alpha blob 1: 300,000 ly (92,000 pc) [21] LαB
Helix Nebula: Planetary Nebula: 0.522 Aquarius: 7.3 C64 NGC 2362: Tau Canis Majoris Cluster: Open Cluster and Nebula: 5.1 Canis Major: 4.1 C65 NGC 253: Sculptor Galaxy: Spiral Galaxy: 9,800 Sculptor: 7.1 C66 NGC 5694 Globular Cluster: 113 Hydra: 10.2 C67 NGC 1097 Barred Spiral Galaxy: 47,000 Fornax: 9.3 C68 NGC 6729: R CrA Nebula: Nebula: 0.424 ...
Compared to the Helix Nebula, another planetary nebula in Aquarius, it is quite small. [33] NGC 7293, also known as the Helix Nebula, is the closest planetary nebula to Earth at a distance of 650 light-years. It covers 0.25 square degrees, making it also the largest planetary nebula as seen from Earth.
The Ring Nebula (also catalogued as Messier 57, M57 and NGC 6720) is a planetary nebula in the northern constellation of Lyra. [4] C] Such a nebula is formed when a star, during the last stages of its evolution before becoming a white dwarf , expels a vast luminous envelope of ionized gas into the surrounding interstellar space .
The Horsehead Nebula (also known as Barnard 33 or B33) is a small dark nebula in the constellation Orion. [2] The nebula is located just to the south of Alnitak , the easternmost star of Orion's Belt , and is part of the much larger Orion molecular cloud complex .