I wish to gratefully acknowledge the following web sites and scientific institutions for the research and image materials used herein: | |
Research & Images provided by Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics for the Chandra X-ray Observatory which is Operated for NASA by SAO. | |
Research & Query was made possible through the use of the NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database (NED) which is operated by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, under contract with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. | |
Research, Query & Name Resolving was made possible via the SIMBAD database web site, operated at CDS, Strasbourg, France. | |
Image and Image Data provided by the the European Organisation for Astronomical Research in the Southern Hemisphere website. | |
Horsehead Nebula Image courtesy Astrophotography Hunter Wilson and used here under the terms of the Creative Commons License Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported | |
Abell 39, aka PN A66 39 -- Spherical Planetary Nebula Credit: George Jacoby (WIYN Obs.) et al., WIYN/NOAO/NSF Spectral type || Radial velocity: ~ || ~ Located: RA 16h 27m 32.6s Dec +27° 54' 29" | |
NGC 7293, aka The Helix Nebula -- Planetary Nebula Credit: NASA, WIYN, NOAO, ESA, Hubble Helix Nebula Team Spectral type || Radial velocity: DA || km/s -15 [blueshift] Loacated: RA 22 29 38.55 Dec -20 50 13.6 | |
NGC 6543, aka Cat's Eye Nebula -- Planetary Nebula Credit: Vicent Peris (OAUV / PTeam), MAST, STScI, AURA, NASA Spectral type|| Radial velocity: ~ || km/s -65.7 [blueshift] Location: RA 17 58 33.423 Dec +66 37 59.52 | |
NGC 6853, aka M 27 || Dumbbell Nebula -- Planetary Nebula Credit: Michael Pierce (Indiana U.) et al., WIYN, AURA, NOAO, NSF Spectral type || Radial velocity: DA || km/s -42 [blueshift] Location: RA 19 59 36.340 Dec +22 43 16.09 | |
NGC 2392, aka Eskimo, Clown Nebula -- Planetary Nebula Credit: Andrew Fruchter (STScI) et al., WFPC2, HST, NASA Spectral type || Radial velocity: O6 || km/s 84.2 [redshift] Location: RA 07 29 10.7669 Dec +20 54 42.488 | |
NGC 6720, aka M57, Ring Nebula -- Planetary Nebula Credit: H. Bond et al., Hubble Heritage Team (STScI / AURA), NASA Spectral type || Radial velocity: ~ || km/s -19.2 [blueshift] Location: RA 18 53 35.079 Dec +33 01 45.03 | |
SN 1572, aka Tycho's Supernova -- Supernova Remnant Credit: NASA/CXC/Rutgers/J.Warren & J.Hughes et al., Chandra X-ray Observatory/SAO Spectral type || Radial velocity: B8 || ~ Location: RA 00 25 08.07 Dec +64 09 55.7 | |
NGC 2440, aka ESO 560-9, HD 62166 -- Planetary Nebula Credit: H. Bond (STScI), R. Ciardullo (PSU), WFPC2, HST, NASA Spectral type || Radial velocity: ~ || km/s 62.7 [redshift] Location: RA 07 41 54.91 Dec -18 12 29.7 | |
NGC 2346, aka HD 293373 -- Planetary Nebula Credit: Massimo Stiavelli (STScI), Inge Heyer (STScI) et al., & the Hubble Heritage Team Spectral type || Radial velocity: A5V || km/s 21.8 [redshift] Location: RA 07 09 22.5210 Dec -00 48 23.596 | |
IC 1396, aka Cl Trumpler 37 -- Emission Nebula Credit: Digitized Sky Survey, ESA/ESO/NASA FITS Liberator Spectral type || Radial velocity: ~ || km/s -15.35 [blueshift] Location: RA 21 38 08.7 Dec +57 26 48 | |
NGC 2237, aka Rosette Nebula, LBN 948 -- HII region ionized by NGC 2244 Credit: T. A. Rector, B. Wolpa, M. Hanna (AURA/NOAO/NSF) Spectral type || Radial velocity: ~ || ~ Location: RA 06 31 40 Dec +04 57.8 | |
IC 434, Horsehead, Barnard 33, Flame Nebula -- HII (ionized) region -- Dark Cloud Nebula Horsehead -- Credit: Hunter Wilson Spectral type || Radial velocity: ~ || ~ Location: RA 05 40 59.0 Dec -02 27 30 |