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Blue Planetary

A Dictionary of Astronomy | 1997 | 188 words | Copyright

Blue Planetary The 8th-magnitude planetary nebula NGC 3918 in Centaurus. The name was given it by J. F. W.Herschel, who described it as like Uranus but larger. It is about 2600 l.y. away.

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