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Object Information

Messier 76

Image: Digitized Sky Survey
Image: Digitized Sky Survey

This is a planetary nebula in our Milky Way galaxy which lies around 2,500 light years form Earth.



Facts and Figures


Object type: An Emission Nebula.
Distance: 24,100,000,000,000,000 km.
Size (approximate diameter): 33,400,000,000,000 km.