Key facts
- Right ascension
- 05 27 28.2037
- Declination
- −12 ° 41 ′ 50.265 ″
- Distance
- 3.6 ± 1.0 kly (1100 ± 300 pc ) ly
- Apparent dimensions v
- 3.5 ″ x 5.5″ / 11″ x 14″ / 150″ / 220″ x 250″
- Constellation
- Lepus
- Radius
- 0.15 ly
- Absolute magnitude v
- -
- Notable features
- -
- Designations
- Spirograph Nebula
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Wikidata facts
- Named after
- spirograph
- Constellation
- Lepus
- Distance from Earth
- 1549.6668
- Image
- Spirograph Nebula - Hubble 1999.jpg
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- discoverer or inventor
- Williamina Fleming
- spectral class
- O7
- catalog code
- Gaia DR2 2985789113026163584
- time of discovery or invention
- 1891-01-01
- Commons category
- IC 418
- right ascension
- 81.86752514297560
- declination
- -12.69730073861300
- apparent magnitude
- 9.78
- parallax
- 0.6453
- radial velocity
- 62.0
- epoch
- J2000.0
- right ascension component of proper motion
- 2.000
- declination component of proper motion
- 1.461
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Encyclopedic overview
IC 418, also known as the Spirograph Nebula, is a bright planetary nebula located in the constellation of Lepus about 3,600 ly away from Earth. It spans 0.3 light-years across. The central star of the planetary nebula, HD 35914, is an O-type star with a spectral type of O7fp. The nebula formed a few thousand years ago during the star's last stages of its red giant phase. Material from the star's outer layers was ejected from the star into the surrounding space. The nebula's glow is caused by the central star's ultraviolet radiation interacting with the gas.
Composition
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Spirograph Nebula” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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