List of planetary nebulae

The following is an incomplete list of known planetary nebulae.

Northern Hemisphere

Image	Name	Messier Catalogue	NGC	Other designation	Date discovered	Distance (kly)	Apparent Magnitude (visual)	Constellation
			NGC 6751			6.5	15.8	Aquila
			NGC 6210			4.7	9.3	Hercules
			NGC 40		1788	3.5	11.4	Cepheus
	Ghost of Jupiter		NGC 3242		1785	1.4	8.6	Hydra
	Blinking Planetary		NGC 6826			2.0	8.8	Cygnus
	Dumbbell Nebula	M27	NGC 6853		1764	1.36 +0.16 −0.21	7.5	Vulpecula
	Ring Nebula	M57	NGC 6720		1779	2.3 +1.5 −0.7	9	Lyra
	Eskimo Nebula		NGC 2392		1787	2.9 (approx.)	10.1	Gemini
	Cat's Eye Nebula		NGC 6543		1786	3.3 ± 0.9	9.8B	Draco
	Little Ghost Nebula		NGC 6369		1800 (prior to)		9.9	Ophiuchus
	Medusa Nebula				1955	1.0 (approx.)	15.99	Gemini
			NGC 7027		1878	3.0 (approx.)	10	Cygnus
	Helix Nebula		NGC 7293		1824	0.68 +0.15 −0.08	13.5	Aquarius
	Little Dumbbell Nebula	M76	NGC 650, NGC 651		1780	3.4 (approx.)	10.1	Perseus
	Owl Nebula	M97	NGC 3587		1781	2.6 (approx.)	9.9	Ursa Major
	Twin Jet Nebula or Butterfly Nebula			M2-9	1947	2.1	14.7	Ophiuchus
	Footprint Nebula			M1-92	1946	15.0 (maximum)	11.7	Cygnus
			NGC 2346		1802	3.9 (approx.)	11.9	Monoceros
				Abell 39	1955	6.8 (approx.)	13.7	Hercules
	Jones-Emberson 1			PK 164+31.1	1939	1.6 (approx.)	14.0	Lynx
	Lemon slice nebula			IC 3568	1918	4.5 (approx.)	12	Camelopardalis
	Soap bubble nebula			PN G75.5 1.7	2008	4 (approx.)		Cygnus

Southern Hemisphere

Image	Name	Messier Catalogue	NGC	Other designation	Date discovered	Distance (kly)	Apparent Magnitude (visual)	Constellation
				Hen 2-47		6.6		Carina
	Red Spider Nebula		NGC 6537		1888 (prior to)	3.9 (approx.)	11.9	Sagittarius
			NGC 6565					Sagittarius
	Bug Nebula		NGC 6302		1888 (prior to)	3.4 ± 0.5	7.1B	Scorpius
	Saturn Nebula		NGC 7009		1782	3.0 (approx.)	12.8	Aquarius
	Eight-burst Nebula		NGC 3132		1888 (prior to)	2.6 (approx.)	9.87	Vela
			NGC 2438		1786	2.9 (approx.)	11.5	Puppis
	Retina Nebula			IC 4406	1888-1907	2.0 (approx.)		Lupus
			NGC 2440		1790	3.6 (approx.)	9.3	Puppis
	Spirograph Nebula			IC 418	1888-1894	1.3 (approx.)	9.6	Lepus
	Stingray Nebula			Hen 3-1357	1989	18 (approx.)	10.75	Ara
	Spiral Planetary Nebula		NGC 5189		1835	2.6 (approx.)	9.5	Musca
				Mz 1	1922	3.4 ± 0.5	12.0	Norma
	Ant Nebula			Mz 3	1922	8.0 (approx.)	13.8	Norma
	Shapley 1			PLN 329+2.1	1936	~1	12.6	Norma
	Hourglass Nebula			MyCn18	1996	8.0 (approx.)	13.0	Musca
			NGC 3918		1834	4.9	8.5
	Fleming 1			G290.5+07.9 ESO 170-6	1888?	7.9	13.1	Centaurus
	Southern Owl Nebula			PN K 1-22 ESO 378-1	1971[1]	4.3[2]	17.4[3]	Hydra

Notes

Data values are sourced from the individual articles, where available, for each nebula. Please see the article of the nebula in question for data references.

Many distances are estimates (denoted by the approx. suffix), as true distances are difficult to infer for planetary nebulae. Please see main article, Planetary nebulae, for more details on distance estimates.

References

1. Kohoutek, L. (1971). "New planetary nebula". Astronomy and Astrophysics 13: 493. Bibcode:1971A&A....13..493K.
2. Jacob, R.; Schönberner, D.; Steffen, M. (2013). "The evolution of planetary nebulae". Astronomy & Astrophysics 558: A78. arXiv:1307.6189. Bibcode:2013A&A...558A..78J. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201321532. ISSN 0004-6361.
3. Phillips, J. P. (2005). "The distances of highly evolved planetary nebulae". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 357 (2): 619–625. Bibcode:2005MNRAS.357..619P. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2005.08676.x. ISSN 0035-8711.