The Spirograph Nebula gets its name from the microstructure inside the spherical nebula. Anyone who played with that toy will remember the fascinating designs it made using ellipses. IC 418’s ...

In fact, there is an entire planetary nebula called 'The Spirograph Nebula'. The official name of the nebula, located in the Lepus constellation, is IC 418. It was called 'The Spirograph Nebula ...

The Red Rectangle (HD 44179) in the constellation Monoceros the Unicorn is a planetary nebula with ladder-like structures surrounding the central star. The Stingray Nebula (Henize 1357) is the ...

The nebula is located in the constellation Scorpius. IC 418 is better known as the Spirograph Nebula. It is located 2,000 light-years away from our planet and can be found in the constellation Lepus.

Hubble scientists snapped the picture of the Spirograph Nebula while conducting a survey of planetary nebulas, a celestial census that could shed light on the fate of our sun. When ordinary stars ...

Huge waves are sculpted in this two-lobed nebula some 3000 light-years away in the constellation of Sagittarius. The Spirograph Nebula: Glowing like a multi-faceted jewel, the planetary nebula IC ...

NASA captured this stunning view of the Spirograph Nebula. Photo Credit: NASA This image shows a small section of the Veil Nebula. Photo Credit: NASA MyCn18, a young planetary nebula situated ...

Space is bejeweled with the stunning IC 418, a planetary nebula with purple and orange coloring enveloping a bright white core. The nebula lies close to 2,000 light-years from Earth on the way to ...

Set aglow by ultraviolet radiation pouring out from the core of the aging star, this gaseous nebula—called IC 418—resembles a “spirograph,” the pattern produced by the familiar drawing toy.

It was discovered by French astronomer Antoine Darquier de Pellepoix in 1779. Spirograph Nebula: Glowing like a multi-faceted jewel, the planetary nebula IC 418 lies about 2,000 light-years from ...