Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Taurus (Tau)  ·  Contains:  NGC 1514  ·  PK165-15.1
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NGC 1514 - Crystal Ball Nebula, Robert Gillette
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NGC 1514 - Crystal Ball Nebula

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NGC 1514 - Crystal Ball Nebula, Robert Gillette
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NGC 1514 - Crystal Ball Nebula

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NGC 1514, the Crystal Ball planetary nebula, originated from a binary star system estimated at 650-980 light-years distant in Taurus. Its discovery by William Herschel in 1790 led the great astronomer to suggest that not all nebulosity observable in the telescopes of the era was starry in nature. (Credit to Wikipedia)

Indeed it was not.

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