Dumbbell Nebula

RA 20:00; Dec 22:43 (Vulpecula)
Distance: 3500 ly
Type: planetary
The Dumbbell Nebula is large for a planetary and relatively bright though the central star is a dim 13th magnitude.

UO 38k gif
(caption)

BB 5k jpg
(Bruce Balick)

1995 April 6