Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Gemini (Gem)  ·  Contains:  NGC 2371
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NGC 2371 - Planetary Nebula in Gemini., astroeyes
NGC 2371 - Planetary Nebula in Gemini.
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NGC 2371 - Planetary Nebula in Gemini.

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NGC 2371 - Planetary Nebula in Gemini., astroeyes
NGC 2371 - Planetary Nebula in Gemini.
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NGC 2371 - Planetary Nebula in Gemini.

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Description

Here's a faint planetary in Gemini. It is sometimes known as the 'tie

fighter' nebula from the star wars films - to me it loks more like a

sweet wrapper! Not easy to see visually at mag 13 this is a blue

planetary nebula with irregular inner disk with a very irregular

brightness distribution and smooth outer disk.

Its approximate mean surface brightness is 12.9 (in magnitude per

square arcminute).

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NGC 2371 - Planetary Nebula in Gemini., astroeyes