swap_horiz Dumbbell Nebula Alternatives

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Eagle Nebula

The Eagle Nebula is Messier 16 in Serpens, famous for the Pillars of Creation, a star-forming column imaged by Hubble in...

Emission Hii Messier Serpens

9.7 Brilliant

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Lagoon Nebula

The Lagoon Nebula is Messier 8, an H II region in Sagittarius noted for active star formation and recorded by Giovanni H...

Emission Hii Messier Sagittarius

9.2 Excellent

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Omega Nebula

The Omega Nebula is Messier 17 in Sagittarius, a bright H II region discovered by Philippe Loys de Cheseaux in 1745 and...

Emission Hii Messier Sagittarius

9.2 Excellent

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Hourglass Nebula

The Hourglass Nebula is MyCn 18 in Musca, a planetary nebula notable for its symmetric hourglass shape in a 1996 Hubble...

Planetary Bipolar Musca Mycn

8.8 Great

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Eskimo Nebula

The Eskimo Nebula is NGC 2392 in Gemini, discovered by William Herschel in 1787 and notable for its double-shell bipolar...

Bright Planetary Gemini Ngc

8.7 Great

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Ant Nebula

The Ant Nebula is Menzel 3, a bipolar planetary nebula in Norma named for its ant-like lobes and cataloged by Donald Men...

Planetary Bipolar Norma Menzel

8.6 Great

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Saturn Nebula

The Saturn Nebula is NGC 7009 in Aquarius, discovered by William Herschel in 1782 and named by Lord Rosse for its ringed...

Bright Planetary Aquarius Ngc

8.3 Great

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Blue Snowball Nebula

The Blue Snowball Nebula is NGC 7662 in Andromeda, discovered by William Herschel in 1784 and known for its bright blue...

Blue Planetary Ngc Andromeda

8.2 Great

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Red Spider Nebula

The Red Spider Nebula is NGC 6537 in Sagittarius, a bipolar planetary nebula notable for one of the hottest known white-...

Planetary Bipolar Ngc Sagittarius

8.1 Great

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NGC 2440

NGC 2440 is a planetary nebula in Puppis, notable for its complex lobes and an exceptionally hot central white dwarf mea...

Planetary Ngc Puppis Hot Core

8.1 Great

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Retina Nebula

The Retina Nebula is IC 4406 in Lupus, a planetary nebula notable for its edge-on dusty torus, which gives it a striped...

Planetary Bipolar Ic Lupus

8.0 Great

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NGC 2899

NGC 2899 is a planetary nebula in Vela, discovered by John Herschel on 27 February 1835 and noted for its bipolar, butte...

Planetary Vela Bipolar Ngc

7.7 Good

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Medusa Nebula

The Medusa Nebula is Abell 21 in Gemini, discovered by George O. Abell in 1955 and recognized as a large, old planetary...

Planetary Gemini Faint Abell

7.6 Good

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NGC 6781

NGC 6781 is the Snowglobe Nebula, a planetary nebula in Aquila discovered by William Herschel in 1788 and modeled as a b...

Planetary Ngc Aquila Annular

7.4 Good

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Cleopatra's Eye Nebula

Cleopatra's Eye Nebula is NGC 1535 in Eridanus, discovered by William Herschel in 1785 and often compared with the Eskim...

Bright Planetary Ngc Eridanus

7.4 Good

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NGC 2818

NGC 2818 is a planetary nebula in Pyxis, notable as a rare open-cluster planetary nebula after a 2025 study linked it to...

Planetary Cluster Ngc Pyxis

7.3 Good

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Emerald Nebula

The Emerald Nebula is NGC 6572, a young planetary nebula in Ophiuchus discovered by Wilhelm Struve in 1825 and known for...

Bright Planetary Ngc Ophiuchus

7.3 Good

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Little Gem Nebula

The Little Gem Nebula is NGC 6818 in Sagittarius, a compact planetary nebula discovered by William Herschel in 1787 and...

Compact Planetary Ngc Sagittarius

6.9 Fair

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NGC 5882

NGC 5882 is a small planetary nebula in Lupus, discovered by John Herschel on 2 July 1834 and imaged by Hubble with two...

Compact Planetary Ngc Lupus

6.9 Fair

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NGC 3195

NGC 3195 is a planetary nebula in Chamaeleon, discovered by John Herschel in 1835 and listed as Caldwell 109 in the far...

Planetary Southern Ngc Chamaeleon

6.5 Fair