Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Lynx (Lyn)  ·  Contains:  PGC 139044  ·  PGC 2432671  ·  PGC 2433792  ·  PGC 2434803  ·  PGC 2436927  ·  PGC 2439677  ·  PGC 2439961  ·  PGC 2446585  ·  PGC 2448374  ·  PK164+31.1
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Jones-Emberson 1 aka Headphone Nebula (PK164+31.1), DoubleStarPhotography
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Jones-Emberson 1 aka Headphone Nebula (PK164+31.1)

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Jones-Emberson 1 aka Headphone Nebula (PK164+31.1)

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Jones-Emberson 1, also known as the Headphone Nebula, is located at a distance of 578 parsecs or approximately 1,800 light years distant in the constellation Lynx.

The Headphone nebula is an approximately 13,000 year old planetary nebula with an angular diameter of about 380 arc seconds and a low surface brightness. At it’s  center lies a very bluish white dwarf star with 0.63 solar masses and 16.8 magnitudes. The apparent visual brightness of the nebula is 17.1 magnitude.

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