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Object Information

Messier 97

Image: Digitized Sky Survey
Image: Digitized Sky Survey

This is a planetary nebula which lies around 2,000 light years from Earth.



Facts and Figures


Object type: An Emission Nebula.
Distance: 24,700,000,000,000,000 km.
Size (approximate diameter): 23,000,000,000,000 km.