Spiral Planetary Nebula (NGC 5189)
The Spiral Planetary Nebula is a planetary nebula located approximately 1,780 – 3,000 light-years away in the southern constellation Musca (the Fly). It has an… Read More »Spiral Planetary Nebula (NGC 5189)
NGC 5189
Twin Jet Nebula – M2-9
The Twin Jet Nebula is a bipolar planetary nebula located in the constellation Ophiuchus. It is also known as Minkowski 2-9 (M2-9), Minkowski’s Butterfly or the Wings of a Butterfly Nebula. The nebula lies at a distance of 2,100 light years from Earth and has an apparent magnitude of 14.7. It was named after Rudolph Minkowski, the German-American astronomer who discovered it in 1947.
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