Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Grus (Gru)  ·  Contains:  IC 5148
IC 5150 - The Spare Tyre Planetary Nebula, jlangston_astro
IC 5150 - The Spare Tyre Planetary Nebula
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IC 5150 - The Spare Tyre Planetary Nebula

IC 5150 - The Spare Tyre Planetary Nebula, jlangston_astro
IC 5150 - The Spare Tyre Planetary Nebula
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IC 5150 - The Spare Tyre Planetary Nebula

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Around 3000 light-years distant, it is expanding at a rate of 50 kilometres a second, one of the fastest of all planetary nebulae.

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IC 5150 - The Spare Tyre Planetary Nebula, jlangston_astro

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