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Object Information

Bow Tie Nebula

Image: Digitized Sky Survey
Image: Digitized Sky Survey

This is a planetary nebula within our own Milky Way galaxy, only around 3,500 light years from Earth.



Facts and Figures


Object type: An Emission Nebula.
Distance: 30,900,000,000,000,000 km.
Size (approximate diameter): 5,390,000,000,000 km.