Image information: Stacked, dark-subtracted, registered combination of 20 x 15s white light images. The image has been magnified by a factor of 2 and undergone an unsharp mask to improve feature clarity. Image taken 30/06/2006.
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| Description: NGC6751 is a small, 12th
magnitude planetary nebula in Aquilla, 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. See the Hubble image of this nebula here.
Image information: Stacked, dark-subtracted, registered combination of 20 x 15s white light images. The image has been magnified by a factor of 2 and undergone an unsharp mask to improve feature clarity. Image taken 30/06/2006. |
Physical information: Magnitude: 11.9, size: 26", distance: between 5000 and 9000 light years