Nebulae in Centaurus

7 CATALOGUED

Clouds of gas and dust: the places stars are born, and the wreckage they leave when they die.

RANKED LISTS
Brightest▸
Lower Sword — apparent magnitude 2.50 (V)
TOP 50
ALL CLASSESPLANETARY NEBULA · 130NEBULA · 94H II REGION · 83NEBULA WITH CLUSTER · 67REFLECTION NEBULA · 38SUPERNOVA REMNANT · 11EMISSION NEBULA · 8DARK NEBULA · 2
BY CONSTELLATION · 56 REGIONS
ALL SKYDORADO · 67SAGITTARIUS · 35ORION · 34CYGNUS · 27MONOCEROS · 22CARINA · 20TAURUS · 17CEPHEUS · 16SCORPIUS · 14CASSIOPEIA · 13URSA MAJOR · 12AQUILA · 11PERSEUS · 10TRIANGULUM · 9AURIGA · 7CENTAURUS · 7VULPECULA · 7COMA BERENICES · 6MENSA · 6OPHIUCHUS · 6ARA · 5CORONA AUSTRALIS · 5PUPPIS · 5TUCANA · 5VELA · 5CANIS MAJOR · 4GEMINI · 4LUPUS · 4MUSCA · 4CAMELOPARDALIS · 3HERCULES · 3HYDRA · 3SAGITTA · 3AQUARIUS · 2CHAMAELEON · 2DELPHINUS · 2DRACO · 2ERIDANUS · 2LYRA · 2NORMA · 2PYXIS · 2SCUTUM · 2SERPENS · 2TRIANGULUM AUSTRALE · 2ANDROMEDA · 1CETUS · 1CIRCINUS · 1CORVUS · 1CRUX · 1FORNAX · 1GRUS · 1LACERTA · 1LEPUS · 1PEGASUS · 1TELESCOPIUM · 1VIRGO · 1

The 7 catalogued below lie inside the IAU boundaries of Centaurus. Everything else in Centaurus →

NAME▲
CLASS
MASS
DISTANCE
MAG
CONSTELLATION
Blue Planetary
Planetary nebula
—
5346 ly
8.10 V
Centaurus
IC 2872
Nebula
—
—
—
Centaurus
IC 2948
Nebula with cluster
—
—
—
Centaurus
NGC 3699
Planetary nebula
—
5284 ly
11.30 V
Centaurus
NGC 5307
Planetary nebula
—
10 551 ly
11.20 V
Centaurus
NGC 5367
Reflection nebula
—
—
—
Centaurus
λ Cen Nebula
Nebula with cluster
—
—
4.50 B
Centaurus

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