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    The Egg Nebula (also known as RAFGL 2688 and CRL 2688) is a bipolar protoplanetary nebula approximately 3,000 light-years away from Earth. Its peculiar...
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    The Calabash Nebula, also known as the Rotten Egg Nebula or by its technical name OH 231.84 +4.22, is a protoplanetary nebula (PPN) 1.4 light years (13...
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    The Veil Nebula is a cloud of heated and ionized gas and dust in the constellation Cygnus. It constitutes the visible portions of the Cygnus Loop, a supernova...
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  • Thumbnail for IRAS 17163−3907
    owing to its appearance has been nicknamed by astronomers the "Fried Egg Nebula". Yellow hypergiants are in an extremely active phase of their evolution...
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    The Ant Nebula CRL 618 - The Westbrook Nebula CRL 2688 – The Egg Nebula HD 44179 – The Red Rectangle Nebula MyCn18 – The Engraved Hourglass Nebula He2-104...
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  • up rotten egg in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Rotten egg or rotten eggs may refer to: Rotten Egg Nebula, a name for the Calabash Nebula Vrot eier...
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  • Thumbnail for North America Nebula
    The North America Nebula (NGC 7000 or Caldwell 20) is an emission nebula in the constellation Cygnus, close to Deneb (the tail of the swan and its brightest...
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  • Thumbnail for Crescent Nebula
    The Crescent Nebula (also known as NGC 6888, Caldwell 27, Sharpless 105) is an emission nebula in the constellation Cygnus, about 5000 light-years away...
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  • Thumbnail for Eagle Nebula
    The Eagle Nebula (catalogued as Messier 16 or M16, and as NGC 6611, and also known as the Star Queen Nebula) is a young open cluster of stars in the constellation...
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  • Thumbnail for Pelican Nebula
    The Pelican Nebula (also known as IC 5070) is an H II region associated with the North America Nebula in the constellation Cygnus. The gaseous contortions...
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    to image the Hubble Deep Field in 1995, the Engraved Hourglass Nebula and Egg Nebula in 1996, and the Hubble Deep Field South in 1998. During STS-125...
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  • Thumbnail for Epsilon Cygni
    Cygni lies about three degrees north of the Veil nebula, a probable ancient supernova remnant. The nebula is far more distant than the star. van Leeuwen...
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  • Thumbnail for List of planetary nebulae
    the individual articles, where available, for each nebula. Please see the linked article on the nebula for references. Many distances are estimates (denoted...
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  • a planetary nebula. During this stage, the red giant star begins to slowly expel its outermost layers of material. A protoplanetary nebula usually glows...
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    position on the Milky Way. Its molecular clouds form the Cygnus Rift dark nebula constellation, comprising one end of the Great Rift along the Milky Way's...
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  • Thumbnail for NGC 6164
    NGC 6164, known as the Dragon's Egg Nebula, is an emission nebula located in the constellation Norma. The nebula was discovered by astronomer John Herschel...
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    NGC 7027 (redirect from Magic Carpet Nebula)
    NGC 7027, also known as the Jewel Bug Nebula or the Magic Carpet Nebula, is a very young and dense planetary nebula located around 3,000 light-years (920...
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    evolutionary stage than the Egg Nebula, whose spectral class F5 star has not yet begun to ionize the nebula material. "Westbrook Nebula -- Post-AGB Star". SIMBAD...
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    NGC 6826 (redirect from Blinking Nebula)
    NGC 6826 (also known as Caldwell 15) is a planetary nebula located in the constellation Cygnus. It is commonly referred to as the "Blinking Planetary"...
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    NGC 1360 (redirect from Robin's Egg Nebula)
    known as the Robin's Egg Nebula, is a planetary nebula in the constellation of Fornax. It was identified as a planetary nebula due to its strong radiation...
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    Light year 9.5 × 1015 meters 1016 meters Rotten Egg Nebula — 1 light year 1.4 × 1016 meters Ring Nebula 1.3 × 1016 meters 2 light years 1.7 × 1016 meters...
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  • Thumbnail for Trifid Nebula
    the star that powers the Trifid nebula. This stalk is a prominent example of evaporating gaseous globules, or 'EGGs'. The stalk has survived because...
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  • L1014 H II NGC 6914 North America Nebula Pelican Nebula Sadr Region Sh2-101 Sh2-106 Planetary Abell 78 Egg Nebula IRAS 19475+3119 IRAS 20324+4057 Kronberger...
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    L1014 H II NGC 6914 North America Nebula Pelican Nebula Sadr Region Sh2-101 Sh2-106 Planetary Abell 78 Egg Nebula IRAS 19475+3119 IRAS 20324+4057 Kronberger...
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  • Egg" (from the "Do It Now" single). The 2019 Heavy Psych Sounds reissue features the bonus tracks "Cosmic Egg" and a demo version of "Giant". "Nebula...
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    collision appears to be forming a nebula that has been observed in the optical wavelengths. To produce this nebula, the jet must have an estimated average...
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    IC 5146 (redirect from Cocoon Nebula)
    (also Caldwell 19, Sh 2-125, Barnard 168, and the Cocoon Nebula) is a reflection/emission nebula and Caldwell object in the constellation Cygnus. The NGC...
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    L1014 H II NGC 6914 North America Nebula Pelican Nebula Sadr Region Sh2-101 Sh2-106 Planetary Abell 78 Egg Nebula IRAS 19475+3119 IRAS 20324+4057 Kronberger...
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    detached shell around a post-red supergiant: IRAS 17163-3907, the Fried Egg nebula". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 534: L10. arXiv:1109.5947. Bibcode:2011A&A...
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    markedly like that of a Cepheid variable. This star is surrounded by a diffuse nebula called IC 1318, or the Gamma Cygni region. van Leeuwen, F. (November 2007)...
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