Dumbbell Nebula (M27, NGC 6853)

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Nov 2000

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"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 5298. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

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Interstellar Medium, Interstellar Medium Objects

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A planetary nebula in the constellation Vulpecula, position RA 19 h 59.6 m, dec. +22° 43', and the first to be discovered, by Charles Messier in 1764. It measures 8' by 4' and is of eighth magnitude. The bipolar expulsion of material from the thirteenth-magnitude central star gives it its twin-lobed appearance; it was named by Thomas Webb, though it resembles a bow-tie more than a dumbbell....

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