Examples of Planetary Nebula

• All images have been obtained from the Astronomy Picture of the Day website.

• Note the central White Dwarf stellar remnant in each image.

• Note that some PN are spherically symmetric and some display bipolar symmetry.

Abell 39 Planetary Nebula

Cat’s Eye Planetary Nebula

The Eskimo Planetary Nebula

The Helix Planetary Nebula

M 27 Planetary Nebula

M 29 Butterfly Planetary Nebula

M 57The Ring Planetary Nebula

NGC 2346 Planetary Nebula

NGC 2240

Planetary Nebula

NGC 3132 Planetary Nebula

NGC 6537 Planetary Nebula

The Blinking

Eye Planetary Nebula

The Saturn Planetary Nebula

The Spirograph Planetary Nebula

The StingrayPlanetary Nebula

The HourglassPlanetary Nebula

The Rotten Egg

Planetary Nebula