Southern Ring Nebula

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The Southern Ring Nebula is a bright, roughly 2,000-light-year-distant planetary nebula in the constellation Vela, formed from the outer layers of a dying sun-like star and notable for its intricate, colorful gas shells.

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Southern Ring Nebula canonical 6

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Predicate Object
instanceOf emission nebula
planetary nebula
angularSize ~1.7 × 1.4 arcminutes
apparentMagnitudeV 9.87
apparentShape elliptical ring
approximateDistance about 2,000 light-years
bestViewingSeason late southern summer and autumn
catalogNumber C 74
NGC 3132
centralBinaryComponent sun-like companion star
white dwarf remnant
centralStarMass about 0.6 solar masses
centralStarType white dwarf
colorAppearance bluish-green interior with reddish outer regions in optical images
constellation Vela
contains central binary star system
declination −40° 26′ 11″
discoveredBy John Herschel
discoveryYear 1835
distanceFromEarth 2000 light-years
dominantEmissionLines hydrogen
nitrogen
oxygen
evolutionaryPhase late stage of low- to intermediate-mass star evolution
featuredIn first full-color images released by James Webb Space Telescope in July 2022
formationMechanism ejected outer layers of a dying star
galacticRegion Galactic thin disk
surface form: Milky Way disk
gasComposition heavier elements such as carbon, nitrogen, and oxygen
helium
hydrogen-rich gas
JWSTInstrumentUsed MIRI
NIRCam
locatedIn Milky Way
notableFeature bright inner ring structure
complex, asymmetric morphology
fainter extended halo
intricate shells of ionized gas
multiple nested gas shells
observedBy Hubble Space Telescope
James Webb Space Telescope
ground-based telescopes
observedIn infrared wavelengths
optical wavelengths
ultraviolet wavelengths
otherName Caldwell 74
Eight-Burst Nebula
NGC 3132
progenitorStarType Sun-like star
rightAscension 10h 07m 01s
shapingMechanism interaction of stellar winds and binary companion
spectralTypeOfCompanion roughly solar-type star
structure inner bright ring and outer diffuse envelope
visibility best observed from Southern Hemisphere

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Description of subject: The Southern Ring Nebula is a bright, roughly 2,000-light-year-distant planetary nebula in the constellation Vela, formed from the outer layers of a dying sun-like star and notable for its intricate, colorful gas shells.

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

NGC 3132 hasAlternativeName Southern Ring Nebula
Eight-Burst Nebula hasAlternativeName Southern Ring Nebula
Caldwell 74 hasAlternativeName Southern Ring Nebula
Caldwell 74 hasCommonName Southern Ring Nebula
C 74 hasAlternativeName Southern Ring Nebula