#ic3568

Oskar Contrerastg8arc
2026-01-15

Next up is . Looks at the small blue object close to the center next to a yellow star.

IC 3568 The Lemon Slice Nebula - telescope processed image.  It is one of the most perfectly spherical nebulae known, appearing as a simple, round structure that earned it the "Lemon Slice" nickname.IC 3568 The Lemon Slice Nebula - unprocessed image.  It lies roughly 4,500 light-years away and contains a bright inner shell about 0.4 light-years wide, surrounding a dying white dwarf star.
Ethan Teng 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇹🇼citizen_astro@mastodon.lol
2022-08-18

IC 3568 Lemon Slice Nebula

Magnitude 12.3 planetary nebula located 4,500 light-years away in the constellation Camelopardalis. It was discovered on August 31, 1900 by the American astronomer Robert Grant Aitken while using Lick Observatory's 12" Clark Refractor. This was confirmed with the observatory's 36" Refractor the next night.

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From far away it looks like an especially large, bright star.Same as the previous image but without the border and label.Zoomed in it looks like a bright turquoise ball with a star immediately below it.

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