Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Grus (Gru)  ·  Contains:  IC 5148
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The Spare-tyre nebula, Geoff Healey
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The Spare-tyre nebula

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The Spare-tyre nebula

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Nicknamed the Spare-tyre nebula, IC 5148 is a planetary nebula located around 1 degree west of Lambda Gruis in the constellation of Grus (The Crane). It was discovered by Australian amateur astronomer Walter Gale in 1894. Around 3000 light-years distant, it is expanding at a rate of 50 kilometres a second, one of the fastest of all planetary nebulae.

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The Spare-tyre nebula, Geoff Healey