Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Aquila (Aql)  ·  Contains:  NGC 6751  ·  PK029-05.1
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NGC 6751 Glowing Eye Planetary Nebula with Carbon Star V Aquilae, Jerry Yesavage
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NGC 6751 Glowing Eye Planetary Nebula with Carbon Star V Aquilae

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From Wikipedia:NGC 6751, also known as the Glowing Eye Nebula[2] or the Dandelion Puffball Nebula,[citation needed] is a planetary nebula in the constellationAquila. It is estimated to be about 6,500 light-years (2.0 kiloparsecs) away.[2]NGC 6751 was discovered by the astronomer Albert Marth on 20 July 1863.[4]John Louis Emil Dreyer, the compiler of the New General Catalogue, described the object as "pretty bright, small".[4] The object was assigned a duplicate designation, NGC 6748.[4][5]The nebula was the subject of the winning picture in the 2009 Gemini School Astronomy Contest, in which Australian high school students competed to select an astronomical target to be imaged by Gemini.[6]NGC 6751 is an easy telescopic target for deep-sky observers because its location is immediately southeast of the extremely red-colored cool carbon starV Aquilae.
This is another of the 100 brightest planetary nebulae.... I ran across the original link for this list for anyone interested:

https://www.ukcloudmagnets.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/100-Brightest-Planetary-Nebulae.pdf

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Description: My standard 500x500. Boy the central star is small. This is the limit of what I can get with this system.

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NGC 6751 Glowing Eye Planetary Nebula with Carbon Star V Aquilae, Jerry Yesavage

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