#ic 3568

[cosmonautroger]

Lemon Slice Planetary Nebula (IC 3568)

[blasteffect]

Lemon Slice Nebula. IC 3568 lies in the constellation Camelopardalis at a distance of about 9 000 light-years, and has a diameter of about 0.4 light-years (or about 800 times the diameter of our solar system). It is an example of a round planetary nebula.

IC 3568 by sunld-d4ufem6

[chibinotan]

Lemon Slice Nebula

[cosmonautroger]

IC 3568, The Lemon Slice Nebula

[gingadan]

IC 3568 (Lemon Slice Nebula)、レモンスライス星雲  (C) NASA

惑星状星雲 (Planetary Nebula)

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[iaccidentallyallthephysics]

The Lemon Slice Nebula (IC 3568) is a fairly young planetary nebula with a diameter of only about 0.4 light-years across. It is 4,500 light-years away in the constellation Camelopardalis, which is just 7.5 degrees from Polaris. 

Credit: Howard Bond (STScl),Robin Ciardullo (Penn State U), and NASA/ESA.