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NGC 6326
Planetary nebula in the southern constellation Ara featuring multiple colorful ionized shells and a close binary central star system that drives its notably symmetric structure.
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The top alternative to NGC 6326 in 2026 is Cat's Eye Nebula (NGC 6543) with a score of 9.1/10, followed by Eight-Burst Nebula (NGC 3132) (9.0) and Butterfly Nebula (NGC 6302) (8.9).
Cat's Eye Nebula (NGC 6543)
The Cat’s Eye Nebula (NGC 6543) is a complex planetary nebula formed from a dying white dwarf star. Its intricate struct...
Eight-Burst Nebula (NGC 3132)
A bright southern planetary nebula in Vela about 2,000 light-years away, also called the Southern Ring Nebula, notable f...
Butterfly Nebula (NGC 6302)
A bipolar planetary nebula in Scorpius with one of the hottest known central stars at roughly 250,000 K, producing symme...
Eskimo Nebula (NGC 2392)
A planetary nebula in Gemini discovered by William Herschel in 1787, named for its visual resemblance to a face surround...
Hourglass Nebula (MyCn 18)
A young planetary nebula in Musca featuring a distinctive hourglass-shaped inner structure, imaged in detail by the Hubb...
Fighting Dragons of Ara (NGC 6188)
An emission nebula in Ara sculpted by the young open cluster NGC 6193, whose stellar winds and UV radiation carve toweri...
Twin Jet Nebula (M2-9)
A bipolar planetary nebula in Ophiuchus noted for two nearly symmetric jet-like lobes emanating from a central binary st...
Spiral Planetary Nebula (NGC 5189)
A complex bipolar planetary nebula in Musca about 1,800 light-years away, notable for its unusual S-shaped morphology pr...
Stingray Nebula
The Stingray Nebula is a very young planetary nebula in Ara, notable for appearing in the 1980s around the fast-evolving...
Stingray Nebula (Hen 3-1357)
The youngest confirmed planetary nebula, located in Ara, observed to have developed its nebular features between 1971 an...
Retina Nebula (IC 4406)
A bipolar planetary nebula in Lupus that appears rectangular from Earth but is actually a cylinder of gas and dust, with...
NGC 2438
A planetary nebula in Puppis appearing superimposed on the open cluster M46 but lying at a different distance, a classic...
Ant Nebula (Mz 3)
A bipolar planetary nebula in Norma whose elongated, pinched lobes resemble an ant's body, with jets likely shaped by in...
Blue Planetary Nebula (NGC 3918)
A bright planetary nebula in Centaurus roughly 4,900 light-years away, nicknamed the Blue Planetary by John Herschel for...
Cleopatra's Eye Nebula (NGC 1535)
A bright planetary nebula in Eridanus discovered by William Herschel in 1785, featuring a vivid inner disk encircled by...
IC 4406 Retina Nebula
A bipolar planetary nebula in Lupus that appears nearly rectangular when viewed edge-on, with parallel dust lanes crossi...
Robin's Egg Nebula (NGC 1360)
A large oval planetary nebula in Fornax about 978 light-years away, notable for its smooth elliptical shell and relative...
Glowing Eye Nebula (NGC 6751)
A planetary nebula in Aquila approximately 6,500 light-years away, notable for its complex multi-shell structure and hig...
Little Gem Nebula (NGC 6818)
A planetary nebula in Sagittarius roughly 6,000 light-years away, notable for its bright inner shell surrounded by a fai...
Turtle Nebula (NGC 6210)
A compact, high-surface-brightness planetary nebula in Hercules about 6,500 light-years away, notable for its vivid blue...
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