Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Lynx (Lyn)  ·  Contains:  PK158+17.1
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Purgathofer-Weinberger 1, Jerry Yesavage
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Purgathofer-Weinberger 1

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Purgathofer-Weinberger 1

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PuWe1 was discovered by Alois Purgathofer and Ronald Weinberger in 1980 on the Palomar Deep Sky Survey prints. The nebula is one of the largest planetary nebulae visible in our skies, with a diameter of 20 arc minutes. PuWe1 is also one of the nearest known planetaries with a distance of only about 1200 light years.

This was suggested to me as something from my CMOS system as it is so faint. 

The definitive image is this IOTD from Boris in the Ukraine.

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