Monday, March 2, 2015

Planetary Nebulae Research

Image result for butterfly nebula This is the Butterfly Nebula, It has a wingspan that is 3 light years long, it is about 3800 light years away. It is located in the constellation scorpius. Name given because the Nebula looks like a butterfly.

[M97, Owl] This is the Owl Nebula, name given because the nebula looks much like an owls eye. It is located about 2,030 light years away. It is located in Ursa Major. The owl eye is about 1820 light years long.

The image's organization is similar to that of a cat's eye. A bright almost pinpoint white circle in the center depicts the central star. The central star is encapsulated by a purple and red irregularly edged, elliptically shaped area that suggests a three dimensional shell. This is surrounded by a pair of superimposed circular regions of red with yellow and green edges, suggesting another three dimensional shell.This is the cats eye Nebula (NGC 6543) . It is located within the constellation of Draco, about 3300 light years away, it has a radius of 910,000 km.

[NGC2467] This is NGC2467, located in the constellation of puppis, it is about 17000 light years away.

Image result for NGC 7027 This is NGC 7027 it is located about 3000 light years away , and located in the constellation Cygnus. it has a size of .1 by .2 light years which makes it unusually small.

 This is NGC 6326 , is located in Ara , it is about 11000 light years away. 


[NGC6369] This is NGC 6369 aka the little Ghost Nebula, it is located in ophiucus, about 2000 light years away. 

 Image result for NGC 6210 This is NGC 6210 it is located about 6,500 light years away. It is located in the constellation Hercules. 

 This is the Egg nebula, located in cygnus. It is about 3000 light years away. 

[Bug]This is the Bug Nebula located in scorpius, about 1500 light years away, it is about 1/3 lightyear across 

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