Cotton Candy Nebula

Cotton Candy Nebula
Reflection nebula
Protoplanetary nebula

The Cotton Candy Nebula as seen by Hubble
Credit: Sun Kwok and Kate Su (University of Calgary), Bruce Hrivnak (Valparaiso University), and NASA
Observation data: epoch
Right ascension 17h 18m 20s
Declination −32° 27 22
Constellation Ara

The Cotton Candy Nebula is a protoplanetary nebula (PPN) that was originally discovered by the IRAS satellite. It is also known as IRAS 17150-3224. It is a good example of a DUPLEX-type protoplanetary nebula.[1]

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