Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Gemini (Gem)  ·  Contains:  Eskimo Nebula  ·  NGC 2392
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NGC 2392, Icarulus
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NGC 2392

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NGC 2392

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Another planetary nebula, this one quite small (0.9 arc minutes) but rather bright (apparent magnitude 9.1) in the constellation of Gemini. It has been called the "Eskimo Nebula" and also the "Clown Face Nebula", both later perceived as offensive. The image was captured using LRGB with Ha added. It's been fairly cropped because the object only covers a limited number of pixels on the sensor. In 2000, when the optics of the Hubble Telescope were corrected, NGC 2392 was chosen as the first target to test the performance enhancement: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC_2392

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NGC 2392, Icarulus