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Homunculus Nebula
The Homunculus Nebula is a bipolar cloud around Eta Carinae, ejected during the star's Great Eruption observed in the 1840s.
apps Top Homunculus Nebula Alternatives
The top alternative to Homunculus Nebula in 2026 is Eagle Nebula with a score of 9.7/10, followed by Tarantula Nebula (9.6) and North America Nebula (9.3).
Eagle Nebula
The Eagle Nebula is Messier 16 in Serpens, famous for the Pillars of Creation, a star-forming column imaged by Hubble in...
Tarantula Nebula
The Tarantula Nebula is 30 Doradus in the Large Magellanic Cloud, the Local Group's most active star-forming region.
North America Nebula
The North America Nebula is NGC 7000, an H II region in Cygnus whose continent-like outline was named from Max Wolf's 18...
Lagoon Nebula
The Lagoon Nebula is Messier 8, an H II region in Sagittarius noted for active star formation and recorded by Giovanni H...
Omega Nebula
The Omega Nebula is Messier 17 in Sagittarius, a bright H II region discovered by Philippe Loys de Cheseaux in 1745 and...
Boomerang Nebula
The Boomerang Nebula is a protoplanetary nebula in Centaurus, named in 1979 and notable as the coldest known natural obj...
Red Rectangle Nebula
The Red Rectangle Nebula is HD 44179, a protoplanetary nebula in Monoceros discovered in 1973 and notable for its red X-...
Elephant's Trunk Nebula
The Elephant's Trunk Nebula is IC 1396A, a dark globule in Cepheus about 2,400 light-years away where infrared surveys f...
Hourglass Nebula
The Hourglass Nebula is MyCn 18 in Musca, a planetary nebula notable for its symmetric hourglass shape in a 1996 Hubble...
Egg Nebula
The Egg Nebula is CRL 2688, a bipolar protoplanetary nebula in Cygnus whose peculiar properties were first described fro...
Heart Nebula
The Heart Nebula is IC 1805 or Sh2-190, a Cassiopeia emission nebula discovered by William Herschel in 1787 and powered...
NGC 3603
NGC 3603 is a massive Galactic H II region in Carina, notable for one of the Milky Way's densest young star clusters.
NGC 346
NGC 346 is the brightest star-forming region in the Small Magellanic Cloud, notable for its massive young cluster in the...
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...
Cat's Paw Nebula
The Cat's Paw Nebula is NGC 6334 in Scorpius, a large star-forming complex about 5,500 light years away with many embedd...
California Nebula
The California Nebula is NGC 1499, a long Perseus emission nebula discovered by E. E. Barnard in 1884 and excited by the...
Pacman Nebula
The Pacman Nebula is NGC 281, a Cassiopeia H II region discovered by E. E. Barnard in 1883 and containing the cluster IC...
Prawn Nebula
The Prawn Nebula is IC 4628 in Scorpius, a glowing H II region shaped by young hot stars and also cataloged as Gum 56 in...
Red Spider Nebula
The Red Spider Nebula is NGC 6537 in Sagittarius, a bipolar planetary nebula notable for one of the hottest known white-...
Calabash Nebula
The Calabash Nebula is OH 231.8+4.2, a protoplanetary nebula in Puppis notable for sulfur-rich gas and fast bipolar outf...
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| Alternative | Score | vs Homunculus Nebu... | Action |
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| 9.7 Brilliant | +0.8 | Compare | |
| 9.6 Brilliant | +0.7 | Compare | |
| 9.3 Excellent | +0.4 | Compare | |
| 9.2 Excellent | +0.3 | Compare | |
| 9.2 Excellent | +0.3 | Compare | |
| 9.1 Excellent | +0.2 | Compare | |
| 9.0 Excellent | +0.1 | Compare | |
| 9.0 Excellent | +0.1 | Compare | |
| 8.8 Great | -0.1 | Compare | |
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