Planetary nebulas — nebulae

130 CATALOGUED

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

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ALL CLASSESPLANETARY NEBULA · 130NEBULA · 94H II REGION · 83NEBULA WITH CLUSTER · 67REFLECTION NEBULA · 38SUPERNOVA REMNANT · 11EMISSION NEBULA · 8DARK NEBULA · 2
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DORADO · 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
NAME▲
CLASS
MASS
DISTANCE
MAG
CONSTELLATION
Barbell Nebula
Planetary nebula
—
—
10.10 V
Perseus
Blinking Planetary
Planetary nebula
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5186 ly
9.44 V
Cygnus
Blue Flash Nebula
Planetary nebula
—
5711 ly
11.10 V
Delphinus
Blue Planetary
Planetary nebula
—
5346 ly
8.10 V
Centaurus
Bow-Tie nebula
Planetary nebula
—
4074 ly
11.89 V
Cepheus
Box Nebula
Planetary nebula
—
8924 ly
11.50 V
Ophiuchus
Bug Nebula
Planetary nebula
—
2417 ly
9.60 V
Scorpius
Cat's Eye Nebula★
Planetary nebula
—
5294 ly
9.01 V
Draco
Copeland's Blue Snowball
Planetary nebula
—
6399 ly
8.30 V
Andromeda
Dumbbell Nebula★
Planetary nebula
—
1360 ly
7.40 V
Vulpecula
Eight-Burst Nebula
Planetary nebula
—
4119 ly
9.20 V
Vela
Eskimo Nebula
Planetary nebula
—
4106 ly
9.61 V
Gemini
Helix Nebula★
Planetary nebula
—
655.0 ly
7.30 V
Aquarius
IC 1266
Planetary nebula
—
—
11.20 V
Ara
IC 1295
Planetary nebula
—
3372 ly
12.50 V
Scutum
IC 1297
Planetary nebula
—
16 008 ly
10.70 V
Corona Australis
IC 1454
Planetary nebula
—
13 721 ly
14.00 V
Cepheus
IC 1747
Planetary nebula
—
9755 ly
12.00 V
Cassiopeia
IC 2003
Planetary nebula
—
17 903 ly
11.40 V
Perseus
IC 2149
Planetary nebula
—
10 626 ly
10.78 V
Auriga
IC 2165
Planetary nebula
—
11 914 ly
10.50 V
Canis Major
IC 2448
Planetary nebula
—
12 997 ly
10.40 V
Carina
IC 2501
Planetary nebula
—
—
10.40 V
Carina
IC 2553
Planetary nebula
—
11 999 ly
10.30 V
Carina
IC 2621
Planetary nebula
—
15 874 ly
11.20 V
Carina
IC 289
Planetary nebula
—
4723 ly
13.20 V
Cassiopeia
IC 351
Planetary nebula
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18 330 ly
11.90 V
Perseus
IC 3568
Planetary nebula
—
8930 ly
10.60 V
Camelopardalis
IC 418
Planetary nebula
—
—
9.44 V
Lepus
IC 4191
Planetary nebula
—
8816 ly
10.60 V
Musca
IC 4406
Planetary nebula
—
7766 ly
10.20 V
Lupus
IC 4593
Planetary nebula
—
10 519 ly
10.70 V
Hercules
IC 4599
Planetary nebula
—
—
12.40 B
Scorpius
IC 4634
Planetary nebula
—
12 798 ly
10.90 V
Ophiuchus
IC 4637
Planetary nebula
—
7815 ly
12.50 V
Scorpius
IC 4642
Planetary nebula
—
9804 ly
13.40 B
Ara
IC 4663
Planetary nebula
—
11 308 ly
12.50 V
Scorpius
IC 4670
Planetary nebula
—
—
13.28 V
Sagittarius
IC 4673
Planetary nebula
—
10 502 ly
13.00 V
Sagittarius
IC 4699
Planetary nebula
—
25 088 ly
13.00 V
Telescopium
IC 4732
Planetary nebula
—
22 182 ly
12.10 V
Sagittarius
IC 4776
Planetary nebula
—
16 197 ly
10.80 V
Sagittarius
IC 4846
Planetary nebula
—
—
11.90 V
Aquila
IC 4997
Planetary nebula
—
—
10.50 V
Sagitta
IC 5117
Planetary nebula
—
—
11.50 V
Cygnus
IC 5148
Planetary nebula
—
3483 ly
11.00 V
Grus
IC 5217
Planetary nebula
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17 511 ly
11.30 V
Lacerta
IC 972
Planetary nebula
—
8115 ly
13.90 V
Virgo
Jupiter's Ghost Nebula
Planetary nebula
—
3568 ly
7.70 V
Hydra
Little Gem
Planetary nebula
—
4501 ly
11.20 V
Sagittarius
Little Gem Nebula
Planetary nebula
—
6703 ly
9.30 V
Sagittarius
Little Ghost Nebula
Planetary nebula
—
3552 ly
11.40 V
Ophiuchus
NGC 1360
Planetary nebula
—
1145 ly
9.40 V
Fornax
NGC 1501
Planetary nebula
—
3806 ly
11.50 V
Camelopardalis
NGC 1514
Planetary nebula
—
2479 ly
10.19 V
Taurus
NGC 1535
Planetary nebula
—
7518 ly
9.60 V
Eridanus
NGC 2022
Planetary nebula
—
8213 ly
11.60 V
Orion
NGC 2242
Planetary nebula
—
—
15.00 V
Auriga
NGC 2346
Planetary nebula
—
4465 ly
11.60 V
Monoceros
NGC 2371
Planetary nebula
—
—
11.20 V
Gemini
NGC 2438
Planetary nebula
—
3963 ly
10.80 V
Puppis
NGC 2440
Planetary nebula
—
4432 ly
9.40 V
Puppis
NGC 2452
Planetary nebula
—
9256 ly
12.00 V
Puppis
NGC 246
Planetary nebula
—
1549 ly
10.90 V
Cetus
NGC 2610
Planetary nebula
—
7224 ly
12.70 V
Hydra
NGC 2792
Planetary nebula
—
9948 ly
11.60 V
Vela
NGC 2818
Planetary nebula
—
6517 ly
11.60 V
Pyxis
NGC 2867
Planetary nebula
—
7267 ly
9.70 V
Carina
NGC 2899
Planetary nebula
—
3307 ly
11.80 V
Vela
NGC 3195
Planetary nebula
—
6442 ly
11.60 V
Chamaeleon
NGC 3211
Planetary nebula
—
9462 ly
10.70 V
Carina
NGC 3699
Planetary nebula
—
5284 ly
11.30 V
Centaurus
NGC 4071
Planetary nebula
—
5205 ly
13.00 V
Musca
NGC 4361
Planetary nebula
—
2893 ly
10.90 V
Corvus
NGC 5189
Planetary nebula
—
1781 ly
10.30 B
Musca
NGC 5307
Planetary nebula
—
10 551 ly
11.20 V
Centaurus
NGC 5315
Planetary nebula
—
—
9.80 V
Circinus
NGC 5844
Planetary nebula
—
—
13.20 B
Triangulum Australe
NGC 5873
Planetary nebula
—
17 759 ly
11.00 V
Lupus
NGC 5882
Planetary nebula
—
7704 ly
10.18 V
Lupus
NGC 5979
Planetary nebula
—
13 291 ly
11.50 V
Triangulum Australe
NGC 6026
Planetary nebula
—
7821 ly
12.90 V
Lupus
NGC 6058
Planetary nebula
—
11 539 ly
12.90 V
Hercules
NGC 6072
Planetary nebula
—
3317 ly
11.70 V
Scorpius
NGC 6153
Planetary nebula
—
4834 ly
10.90 V
Scorpius
NGC 6210
Planetary nebula
—
7443 ly
9.65 V
Hercules
NGC 6326
Planetary nebula
—
11 451 ly
12.20 B
Ara
NGC 6337
Planetary nebula
—
4416 ly
12.30 V
Scorpius
NGC 6439
Planetary nebula
—
20 646 ly
12.60 V
Sagittarius
NGC 6563
Planetary nebula
—
5369 ly
11.00 V
Sagittarius
NGC 6565
Planetary nebula
—
15 199 ly
11.60 V
Sagittarius
NGC 6567
Planetary nebula
—
11 774 ly
11.00 V
Sagittarius
NGC 6572
Planetary nebula
—
5662 ly
8.10 V
Ophiuchus
NGC 6578
Planetary nebula
—
11 866 ly
12.90 V
Sagittarius
NGC 6620
Planetary nebula
—
28 819 ly
12.70 V
Sagittarius
NGC 6629
Planetary nebula
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7736 ly
11.30 V
Sagittarius
NGC 6644
Planetary nebula
—
—
10.70 V
Sagittarius
NGC 6742
Planetary nebula
—
—
13.40 V
Draco
NGC 6751
Planetary nebula
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8431 ly
11.90 V
Aquila
NGC 6765
Planetary nebula
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7612 ly
12.90 V
Lyra