Category: Other nebulae
IC4954 and Roslund 4
There are many places in the space where new stars are born. Reflection nebulae IC4954 (near center) and 4955 (lower left) is one of them. These nebulae surround open cluster Roslund4. Its age is esti... Read More
Abell 82 planetary unknown
Abell 82 is at the very end of the list of popular astroimaging targets. This planetary nebula has apparent size similar to size of well known M57 Ring nebula, but Abell 82 is much, much fainter objec... Read More
KjPn8 in Cassiopeia
KjPn8 is not well known planetary nebula in Cassiopeia, though probably many of astroimages contain this obiect, because it is quite close to famous NGC7635 Bubble nebula and M52 open cluster (I alrea... Read More
Dumbbell M27 – deeper look (IOTD)
Messier 27 Dumbbell (aka Apple Core Nebula) was the first planetary nebula to be discovered (in 1764 by Charles Messier). From his notes he reports: I have worked on the research of the nebulae, and I... Read More
The Ring – M57
Messier 57 is a planetary nebula with all the consequences. It was formed about 7,000 years ago, when a dying red giant star expelled its shell of ionized gas to form the nebula. And this star then be... Read More
Strange NGC6765
NGC6765 (PK 62+9.1) is small (apparent Jupiter size) and faint (about 13mag) planetary nebula in Lyra. There is not much more information available on this strange planetary nebula. Distance to the ne... Read More
M1 Crab – born in 1054
M1 Crab nebula – first item in the Charles Messier catalogue. Messier was a comet hunter who created catalogue of fuzzy objects in the sky, so they will no longer be mistaken with comet. M1 nebu... Read More