28 million light years from Earth –was voted best picture taken by the Hubble telescope. The dimensions of the galaxy, officially called M104, are as spectacular as its appearance. It has 800 billion suns and is 50,000 light years across.
The ant nebula, a cloud of dust and gas whose technical name is Mz3, resemble and ant when observed using ground-based telescopes………..
The nebula lies within our galaxy between 3,000 and 6,000 light years from Earth.
In third place is nebula NGC23992, called “Eskimo” because it looks likes a face surrounded by a furry hood. The hood is, in fact, a ring of comet- shaped objects flying away from a dying star. Eskimo is 5,000 light years from earth.
At four is the cat’s Eye Nebula.
The hourglass Nebula, 8,000 light years away, has a Pinched-in the middle’ look because the winds that shape it are weaker at the centre.
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