https://padlet.com/54808/m58cu4fvo0zm NGC 7293 en-us 2018-03-06 16:06:34 UTC 2025-11-06 00:58:59 UTC hello@padlet.com 54808 https://padlet.com/54808/m58cu4fvo0zm/wish/238699092 2018-03-06 16:08:34 UTC https://padlet.com/54808/m58cu4fvo0zm/wish/238699092 54808 https://padlet.com/54808/m58cu4fvo0zm/wish/238700284 A large planetary nebula located approximately 695 light years from Earth located in the Aquarius constellation]]> 2018-03-06 16:10:13 UTC https://padlet.com/54808/m58cu4fvo0zm/wish/238700284 54808 https://padlet.com/54808/m58cu4fvo0zm/wish/238700337 Spans about 2.87 light years and  appears to us as almost one-half the Moon’s diameter]]> 2018-03-06 16:10:18 UTC https://padlet.com/54808/m58cu4fvo0zm/wish/238700337 54808 https://padlet.com/54808/m58cu4fvo0zm/wish/238700407 It is the nearest bright nebula to our solar system]]> 2018-03-06 16:10:25 UTC https://padlet.com/54808/m58cu4fvo0zm/wish/238700407 54808 https://padlet.com/54808/m58cu4fvo0zm/wish/238700449 Nicknamed the Eye of God because of it's bright, striking appearance]]> 2018-03-06 16:10:30 UTC https://padlet.com/54808/m58cu4fvo0zm/wish/238700449 54808 https://padlet.com/54808/m58cu4fvo0zm/wish/238700501 It can be observed with only binoculars as a hazy green cloud so it is popular for amateur astronomers]]> 2018-03-06 16:10:36 UTC https://padlet.com/54808/m58cu4fvo0zm/wish/238700501 54808 https://padlet.com/54808/m58cu4fvo0zm/wish/238700550 Was created at the end of the life of a red giant star similar to our Sun]]> 2018-03-06 16:10:41 UTC https://padlet.com/54808/m58cu4fvo0zm/wish/238700550 54808 https://padlet.com/54808/m58cu4fvo0zm/wish/238700611 It will become a white dwarf when it cools down]]> 2018-03-06 16:10:47 UTC https://padlet.com/54808/m58cu4fvo0zm/wish/238700611 54808 https://padlet.com/54808/m58cu4fvo0zm/wish/238700669 Was the first planetary nebula discovered to have cometary knots, which many planetary nebulae were later discovered to contain and is believed to contain about 20,000 cometary knots. Most of the knots are believed to be roughly the size of the solar system.]]> 2018-03-06 16:10:53 UTC https://padlet.com/54808/m58cu4fvo0zm/wish/238700669 54808 https://padlet.com/54808/m58cu4fvo0zm/wish/238700753 Discovered by the German astronomer Karl Ludwig Harding in the early 19th century]]> 2018-03-06 16:11:00 UTC https://padlet.com/54808/m58cu4fvo0zm/wish/238700753 54808 https://padlet.com/54808/m58cu4fvo0zm/wish/238700859 it's age is estimated to be around 10,600 years]]> 2018-03-06 16:11:08 UTC https://padlet.com/54808/m58cu4fvo0zm/wish/238700859