The Prawn Nebula is some 6,000 light-years distant, and is projected to cover a region of sky around four times the size of the full moon. Keep in mind, it's very faint, and can't be spotted with ...

The Blue Ring Nebula harbors a central star, known as TYC 2597-735-1. An unusual ultraviolet ring surrounds the star, which astronomers first observed in 2004 using NASA's now-defunct Galaxy ...

In contrast, the Blue Ring Nebula is an anomaly among merged stars. The theory suggests that it's only been a few thousand years since the two stars collided, one a similar size to our own Sun ...

Discovery of the oldest visible planetary Nebula hosted by a 500-million-year-old Galactic cluster -- a rare beauty with a hot blue heart Date: August 29, 2022 Source: The University of Hong Kong ...

The nebula shines faintly at magnitude 9, making it just visible through binoculars but an easy target for even small backyard telescopes. The expanding cloud sits about 7,000 light-years from Earth.