Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Draco (Dra)  ·  Contains:  LBN 406  ·  LBN 413  ·  LBN 415  ·  NGC 6223  ·  NGC 6226  ·  NGC 6258  ·  PGC 214522  ·  PGC 214527  ·  PGC 214532  ·  PGC 214533  ·  PGC 2585462  ·  PGC 2586053  ·  PGC 2586507  ·  PGC 2586725  ·  PGC 2586729  ·  PGC 2586857  ·  PGC 2587537  ·  PGC 2587647  ·  PGC 2587792  ·  PGC 2588084  ·  PGC 2588277  ·  PGC 2589521  ·  PGC 2589638  ·  PGC 2590648  ·  PGC 2591460  ·  PGC 2595275  ·  PGC 2816181  ·  PGC 2816182  ·  PGC 3086721  ·  PGC 3086722  ·  And 46 more.
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LBN 406, also known as The Laughing Skull Nebula, is about 2,600 light-years away. Together with some other faint nebulae, they constitute a large interstellar molecular cloud that permeates many stars in the constellation Draco.

Through this molecular cloud, many distant galaxies can be seen. The most peculiar one, PGC 58928, is about 440 million light-years away from us. It looks exactly like Saturn with a ring, which is super cute.

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  • LBN 406, The Laughing Skull Nebula, Steed Yu
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LBN 406, The Laughing Skull Nebula, Steed Yu