Photo © Anglo-Australian Observatory, David Malin (html)
| NGC 7293 |
- RA 22:30; Dec -20:48 (Aquarius)
- Distance: 450 ly
- Type: planetary nebula
- The Helix (or Helical) Nebula is the closest planetary to the Earth, appearing about half the diameter of the Moon in the sky.
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(David Malin)
| Bill Arnett | 1995 April 6 |