Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cygnus (Cyg)  ·  Contains:  NGC 7008
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NGC 7008, Fetus Nebula, Roberto Marinoni
NGC 7008, Fetus Nebula
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NGC 7008, Fetus Nebula

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NGC 7008, Fetus Nebula, Roberto Marinoni
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NGC 7008, Fetus Nebula

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NGC 7008, called also Fetus Nebula due to its shape, is a planetary nebula visible inside Cygnus constellation.

Its distance is estimated 2800 light years and its apparent diameter is 1,4x1,1’, corresponding to a real diameter of 0.57 light years.

The nebula is very inhomogeneous and consists mainly of two spheroids of moderate ellipticity: the condensation processes are expanding at the same speed as the surrounding gas and occur in brilliant nodes of the structure.

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NGC 7008, Fetus Nebula, Roberto Marinoni

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