Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Aquarius (Aqr)  ·  Contains:  Helix Nebula  ·  NGC 7293
NGC7293 Helix Nebula, Dean Glace
NGC7293 Helix Nebula
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NGC7293 Helix Nebula

NGC7293 Helix Nebula, Dean Glace
NGC7293 Helix Nebula
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NGC7293 Helix Nebula

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The Helix Nebula is a planetary nebula in the constellation Aquarius. Discovered by Karl Ludwig Harding, probably before 1824, this object is one of the closest to the Earth of all the bright planetary nebulae. The distance is 694.7 light years from earth. Radius is 2.87 light years.

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NGC7293 Helix Nebula, Dean Glace