| Description: NGC2392, better known as the Eskimo Nebula, is a 9th
magnitude planetary nebula in Gemini, formed when a small/medium star reaches
the end of its active life and blows off its outer atmosphere (which becomes the
nebula) as the star's core becomes a white dwarf.
Image information: Stacked, dark-subtracted, registered combination of 50 x 3s white light images. The image has undergone 'digital development' with AIP4Win and has been magnified by a factor of 2 to improve feature clarity. Image taken 28/02/2006 21:40. |
Physical information: Magnitude: 9.2, size: 47"x43", a.k.a: C39.