Ring Nebula
Americannoun
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Within and around this region lie several popular deep-sky objects, including the Dumbbell Nebula, the Ring Nebula, the North America Nebula, and the Veil Nebula.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 3, 2026
The Ring Nebula is a well-known "planetary nebulae", found in the constellation Lyra, and is visible throughout the summer.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2023
In fact, this is a nebula — the Southern Ring Nebula, to be exact.
From Salon ● Dec. 26, 2022
The same target can look very different when viewed side by side in both varieties of light, as shown by these images of the Southern Ring Nebula, which is about 2,500 light-years away.
From Scientific American ● Jul. 21, 2022
Courtesy NASA. shapeType32lineWidth24130shapeType32lineWidth24130shapeType32lineWidth24130A hypothetical ice planet in the system of the Ring Nebula in Lyra.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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