July 3, 2014 The Phantom Streak Nebula, a planetary nebula in Aquila Image Credit: ESA/Hubble and NASA The Phantom Streak Nebula (NGC 6741) is a planetary nebula located some 7,000 light-years away in the northern constellation of Aquila (the Eagle). It is receding from us at approximately 42.9 kilometers per second. Although fairly bright, this [continue reading]
April 8, 2014 Abell 7, an ancient planetary nebula in Lepus Image Credit & Copyright: Don Goldman, Astrodon Imaging Abell 7 (also known as PNG 215.5-30.8 and PK 215-30.1) is a very faint and old planetary nebula of about 8 light-years across, located some 1,800 light-years away from Earth in the southern constellation of [continue reading]
March 19, 2013 Jones-Emberson 1, a planetary nebula in Lynx Image Credit & Copyright: J-P Metsävainio (http://astroanarchy.zenfolio.com) Jones-Emberson 1 (PK 164+31.1) is a faint planetary nebula of about 4 light-years across that lies about 1,600 light-years away from Earth in the northern constellation of Lynx, while it is approaching us at approximately 84.3 kilometers [continue reading]
March 13, 2014 NGC 6751, a planetary nebula in Aquila Image Credit: NASA/ESA and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA) NGC 6751 (nicknamed the “Glowing Eye Nebula”) is a planetary nebula of some 0.8 light-year across (about 600 times the size of our Solar System), located roughly 6,500 light-years away from Earth in the northern [continue reading]
January 3, 2013 The Eskimo Nebula, a planetary nebula in Gemini Image Credit: NASA, Andrew Fruchter and the ERO Team [Sylvia Baggett and Zoltan Levay (STScI), and Richard Hook (ST-ECF)] The Eskimo Nebula (NGC 2392, and sometimes also called the Clownface Nebula) is a bipolar double-shell planetary nebula of about 0.68 light-year across, located over [continue reading]
December 30, 2013 The Butterfly Nebula, a planetary nebula in Monoceros Image Credit: NASA/ESA and The Hubble Heritage Team (AURA/STScI) The Butterfly Nebula (NGC 2346) is a bright, unusual shaped bipolar planetary nebula with a diameter of about one-third of a light-year, located some 2,000 light-years away near the celestial equator in the constellation of [continue reading]