Nebulae Mass Post

Cat's Eye Nebula

-bright planetary nebula

-found in constellation Draco

-magnitude of 8.1

-3000 light years from earth

-diameter of about 1000 light years

Helix Nebula

-Aquarius

-700 light years from earth

-"the eye of the god"

-diameter is undetermined

Eskimo Nebula

-aka clownface nebula/caldwell 39

-bipolar

-double shell

-2870 light years away

-Gemini

-radius of .34 light years

Necklace Nebula

-2 light years diameter

-15,000 light years from earth

-Sagitta

Ring Nebula

-M57

-Lyra

-Formed when a red giant released ionized gas

-2,300 light years from earth

-radius of 1.3 light years

Lemon Slice Nebula

-4500 light years from earth

-camelopardalis

-relatively young and small

-diameter of .4 light years

Dumbbell Nebula

-discovered by charles messier

-vulpecula

-1360 light years from earth

-diameter of 8 arcminutes

-contains knots (central region contains dark patterns)

Butterfly Nebula

-twin jet nebula

-butterfly wings nebula

-discovered in 1947

-2100 light years away

-ophiuchus

-radius of .7 light years

Owl Nebula

-2030 light years away

-ursa major

-M97

-radius .91 light years

-8000 years old

Red Spider Nebula

-near the heart of the milky way

-Sagittarius

-between 3000 and 8000 miles from earth

-unknown radius/diameter