elpajare
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Post by elpajare on Jun 2, 2017 15:24:31 GMT
Located in a relatively vacant region of space about 4200 light-years away and difficult to see using an amateur telescope, the lonesome planetary nebula NGC 7354 is often overlooked. Just as shooting stars are not actually stars and lava lamps do not actually contain lava, planetary nebulae have nothing to do with planets. The name was coined by Sir William Herschel because when he first viewed a planetary nebula through a telescope, he could only identify a hazy smoky sphere, similar to gaseous planets such as Uranus. The name has stuck even though modern telescopes make it obvious that these objects are not planets at all, but the glowing gassy outer layers thrown off by a hot dying star.(Hubble Space Telescope) Skywatcher 8" f/4 13x10" Infinity color
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Post by Dragon Man on Jun 5, 2017 11:59:41 GMT
It shows up very well Carlos.
I wonder why people overlook it. It looks nice.
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