Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Vela (Vel)  ·  Contains:  HD300079  ·  HD81850  ·  HD81951  ·  NGC 2899
NGC 2899, Dionysus
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NGC 2899

NGC 2899, Dionysus
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NGC 2899

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Discovered in 1835 by English astronomer John Herschel in the constellation Vela, NGC 2899 looks like a butterfly because it is made of two stars. Scientists think that one of them is collapsing and that the second is interfering with the normal gas expulsion pattern, creating the symmetrical form of only 10 to 20 percent of planetary nebulae.

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NGC 2899, Dionysus

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Rarely Imaged Small DSOs