Planetary nebula NGC 2392 in Gemini

by: Jim Misti/Novapix
Reference: a-nep23-92004
Date: 2007-05-01

Designated NGC 2392, the "Eskimo Nebula" or the Clown or Clown Face Nebula has a visual brightness of 9.1 magnitude. The central star, is cataloged as HD 59088, seen quite easily by visual observers. Its distance is not very well known, and estimated sometimes at some 3,000 light years.

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