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The Tarantula Nebula is 30 Doradus in the Large Magellanic Cloud, the Local Group's most active star-forming region.

The Veil Nebula is the visible part of the Cygnus Loop, a supernova remnant from a massive star that exploded about 10,000 to 20,000 years ago.

The Rho Ophiuchi Cloud Complex is a nearby star-forming region in Ophiuchus and Scorpius, notable for colorful reflection nebulae around young stars.

The North America Nebula is NGC 7000, an H II region in Cygnus whose continent-like outline was named from Max Wolf's 1890 photograph.

The Dumbbell Nebula is M27 in Vulpecula, discovered by Charles Messier in 1764 and widely cited as the first planetary nebula found.

The Lagoon Nebula is Messier 8, an H II region in Sagittarius noted for active star formation and recorded by Giovanni Hodierna in 1654.

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

The Vela Supernova Remnant is the expanding debris of a nearby stellar explosion in Vela, notable for containing the Vela pulsar.

The Boomerang Nebula is a protoplanetary nebula in Centaurus, named in 1979 and notable as the coldest known natural object in space.

The Elephant's Trunk Nebula is IC 1396A, a dark globule in Cepheus about 2,400 light-years away where infrared surveys found very young stars.

The Red Rectangle Nebula is HD 44179, a protoplanetary nebula in Monoceros discovered in 1973 and notable for its red X-shaped structure.

The Iris Nebula is NGC 7023, a Cepheus reflection nebula discovered by William Herschel in 1794 and illuminated by the young star HD 200775.

The Homunculus Nebula is a bipolar cloud around Eta Carinae, ejected during the star's Great Eruption observed in the 1840s.

The Egg Nebula is CRL 2688, a bipolar protoplanetary nebula in Cygnus whose peculiar properties were first described from 1970s AFGL data.

The Heart Nebula is IC 1805 or Sh2-190, a Cassiopeia emission nebula discovered by William Herschel in 1787 and powered by the young cluster Melotte 15.

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

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

The Witch Head Nebula is IC 2118, a faint Eridanus reflection nebula illuminated by Rigel and containing molecular gas and young T Tauri stars.

The Blue Horsehead Nebula is IC 4592, a reflection nebula in Scorpius noted for blue dust glow lit chiefly by the star Nu Scorpii.

The Ant Nebula is Menzel 3, a bipolar planetary nebula in Norma named for its ant-like lobes and cataloged by Donald Menzel in 1922.

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 is the brightest star-forming region in the Small Magellanic Cloud, notable for its massive young cluster in the constellation Tucana.

The Cat's Paw Nebula is NGC 6334 in Scorpius, a large star-forming complex about 5,500 light years away with many embedded young stars.

The California Nebula is NGC 1499, a long Perseus emission nebula discovered by E. E. Barnard in 1884 and excited by the O star Xi Persei.

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

The Jellyfish Nebula is IC 443, a supernova remnant in Gemini known for interacting with nearby molecular clouds and likely hosting a neutron star.

The Dark Shark Nebula is LDN 1235, a dark molecular cloud in Cepheus associated with reflection nebulae vdB 149 and vdB 150.

NGC 1333 is a Perseus reflection nebula discovered by Eduard Schonfeld in 1855 and known as an active young star-forming region.