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PK 164 +31.1: The Headphone Nebula
2026-05-27
What is a pair of headphones doing in the sky? Today’s image features the Headphone Nebula, also known as PK 164 +31.1 or Jones-Emberson 1. This planetary nebula, the remnant of a dying Sun-like star, faintly occupies an angular region of the Lynx constellation about 1/5th the diameter of the full moon. The red and blue-ish green colors trace hydrogen and oxygen atoms, respectively, that have been excited and ionized by the nebula's central white dwarf. The headphone shape, where two lobes of hydrogen puncture the inner region of oxygen, adds this object to a long list of oddly shaped nebulae. The morphology of such strange nebulae hint at the presence of a stellar or planetary companion, which can stir the material flowing out from the dying star. You can listen to Hubble and JWST sonifications of planetary nebulae through your very own headphones!
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Wikidata facts
- Orbital period
- 1626.695030000512
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- time of discovery or invention
- 2002-08-18
- provisional designation
- 2002 QX48
- orbital eccentricity
- 0.0574399491924599
Article · 中文
小行星78430（78430 Andrewpearce）是一颗绕太阳运转的小行星，为主小行星带小行星。该小行星于2002年8月18日发现。
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