The Little Dumbbell Nebula, also known as Messier 76, NGC 650/651, the Barbell Nebula, or the Cork Nebula, [1] is a planetary nebula in the northern constellation of Perseus. It was discovered by Pierre Méchain in 1780 and included in Charles …

2024年4月23日 · A zoom into the constellation Perseus reveals the Hubble Space Telescope's view of the Little Dumbbell Nebula. Also known as Messier 76, M76, or NGC 650/651, it is composed of a ring, seen edge-on as the central bar structure, and two lobes on either opening of the ring. The two...

2015年7月24日 · This planetary nebula, known as NGC 650 or the Little Dumbbell, is about 2,500 light-years from Earth in the Perseus constellation. Unlike the other spherical nebulas, it has a bipolar or butterfly shape due to a “waist,” or disk, of thick material, running from lower left …

Messier 76 is, according to G. Ramos-Larios et al, a bipolar planetary nebula. It was, initially assigned two New General Catalogue numbers, NGC 650 and 651, because its bi-lobed structure was not fully understood at that time.

2024年4月23日 · In celebration of the 34th anniversary of the launch of the legendary NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers took a snapshot of the Little Dumbbell Nebula (also known as Messier 76, M76, or NGC 650/651) located 3400 light-years away in the northern circumpolar constellation Perseus.

2024年8月25日 · This Hubble image features the Little Dumbbell Nebula, M76. Other names for M76, the Cork Nebula or the Barbell Nebula. M76 was also given two New General Catalog numbers, NGC 650 and NGC 651, because it was formerly suspected to be a double nebula with two components touching each other.

Messier 76 (NGC 650), also known as the Little Dumbbell Nebula, is a planetary nebula located in the constellation Perseus, in the Orion Arm of the Milky Way Galaxy in the Local Group of galaxies. M76 is 2500 light years away from Earth.

2025年1月15日 · Messier 76 (NGC 650/651) was discovered by Pierre Mechain in 1780, then included by Charles Messier in his famous catalogue of “comet-like” objects. It is worth noting it is one of the faintest objects of that catalogue and one …

Messier 76 or M76 (also designated NGC 650/1) is a planetary nebula in the constellation Perseus. It has an apparent visual magnitude of 10.1 and its angular diameter is 2.7x1.8 arc-minutes. M76 lies at an estimated distance of 3400 light years.

Also known as Messier 76, M76, or NGC 650/651, it is composed of a ring, seen edge-on as the central bar structure, and two lobes on either opening of the ring. The two mottled lobes of colorful glowing gases resemble a balloon that has been pinched in the middle.