NGC 1501 Blue Oyster Nebula
The Blue Oyster is a planetary nebula, representing an aging star that has shed its outer layers. Unlike the other planetary nebula, however, the central star of the Blue Oyster is not a typical white dwarf, but has a
spectra more like a Wolf-Rayet Star. Β In photographs, the magnitude 14.5 central star suggests a pearl inside a blue oyster.
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IC 3568 Lemon Slice Nebula
Magnitude 12.3 planetary nebula located 4,500 light-years away in the constellation Camelopardalis. It was discovered on August 31, 1900 by the American astronomer Robert Grant Aitken while using Lick Observatory's 12" Clark Refractor. This was confirmed with the observatory's 36" Refractor the next night.
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