List of planetary nebulae

Planetary nebulae are a type of emission nebula created from the ejected gas of dying red giant stars.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

The following is an incomplete list of known planetary nebulae.

Image	Name	Messier CatalogueTemplate:Efn	NGCTemplate:Efn	Other designationTemplate:Efn	Date discoveredTemplate:Efn	Distance (kly) Template:EfnTemplate:Efn	Apparent magnitude (visual)Template:Efn	ConstellationTemplate:Efn
File:NGC6751.jpg	Glowing Eye Nebula or Dandelion Puffball Nebula		NGC 6751		1863	6.5	11.9	Aquila
File:NGC 6210 HST.tif	Turtle Nebula		NGC 6210		1825	4.7	9.3	Hercules
File:Ngc40.jpg	Bow-Tie Nebula		NGC 40	Caldwell 2	1788	3.5	11.4	Cepheus
File:Ngc3242b.jpg	Ghost of Jupiter		NGC 3242		1785	4.8	8.6	Hydra
File:NGC 6826HSTFull.jpg	Blinking Planetary		NGC 6826	Caldwell 15		2.0	8.8	Cygnus
File:M27 - Dumbbell Nebula.jpg	Dumbbell Nebula	M27	NGC 6853		1764	1.36 Template:±	7.5	Vulpecula
File:M57 The Ring Nebula.JPG	Ring Nebula	M57	NGC 6720		1779	2.3 Template:±	9	Lyra
File:Ngc2392.jpg	Eskimo Nebula or Clown Face Nebula		NGC 2392		1787	2.9 (Template:Abbr)	10.1	Gemini
File:NGC6543.jpg	Cat's Eye Nebula		NGC 6543		1786	3.3 ± 0.9	9.8B	Draco
File:Littleghostnebula.jpg	Little Ghost Nebula		NGC 6369		1800 (prior to)	2 ± 3	9.9	Ophiuchus
File:Medusa nebula.jpg	Medusa Nebula			Abell 21	1955	1.0 (approx.)	15.99	Gemini
File:NGC 7027HSTFull.jpg	Jewel Bug Nebula		NGC 7027		1878	3.0 (approx.)	10	Cygnus
File:NGC 7293.jpg	Helix Nebula		NGC 7293		1824	0.68 Template:±	7.6	Aquarius
File:M76-RL5-DDmin-Gamma-LRGB 883x628.jpg	Little Dumbbell Nebula	M76	NGC 650, NGC 651		1780	3.4 (approx.)	10.1	Perseus
File:M97.jpg	Owl Nebula	M97	NGC 3587		1781	2.6 (approx.)	9.9	Ursa Major
File:Planetary Nebula M2-9.jpg	Twin Jet Nebula or Butterfly Nebula			M2-9	1947	2.1	14.7	Ophiuchus
File:NGC 7026 HST.jpg			NGC 7026		1873	5.6	10.0	Cygnus
File:NGC2346.jpg	Butterfly Nebula		NGC 2346		1802	3.9 (approx.)	11.9	Monoceros
File:Abell 39.jpg				Abell 39	1955	6.8 (approx.)	13.7	Hercules
File:Jones-Emberson1HunterWilson.jpg	Jones-Emberson 1 / Headphone Nebula			PK 164+31.1	1939	1.6 (approx.)	14.0	Lynx
File:IC 3568 "Lemon Slice".jpg	Lemon Slice Nebula			IC 3568	1918	4.5 (approx.)	12	Camelopardalis
File:Soap Bubble Nebula.jpg	Soap Bubble Nebula			PN G75.5 1.7	2008	4 (approx.)		Cygnus
File:IC 289 Geckzilla.jpg				IC 289	1888	5.2 (approx.)	13.2	Cassiopeia
File:IC2149PLN01a.jpg				IC 2149	1906	3.6	10.6	Auriga
File:IC 4593.png				IC 4593	1907	12	10.84	Hercules
File:IC 4997-HST-R555GB814.png				IC 4997		8	11	Sagitta
File:NGC 246.jpg	Skull Nebula		NGC 246		1785	1.6	8	Cetus
			NGC 6058		1787	11.41	13	Hercules
File:A hazy nebula.jpg	Oyster Nebula		NGC 1501		1787	4.2	13	Camelopardalis
File:NGC1514.jpg			NGC 1514		1790	2.2	9.4	Taurus
			NGC 7048	PK 088-01.1	1878	5.2 (approx.)	12.1	Cygnus
File:NGC2022.jpg			NGC 2022		1785	7 (approx.)	12.8	Orion
File:NGC 2371.png			NGC 2371		1785	4.3	13	Gemini
File:NGC 6572.jpg	Blue Racquetball / Turquoise Orb		NGC 6572		1825	2.5	8.1	Ophiuchus
File:NGC-6781.jpg			NGC 6781		1788	2.5	11.4	Aquila
File:Ngc6790 (1).jpg			NGC 6790		1882	11	10.5	Aquila
File:NGC 6881 HST.jpg			NGC 6881		1881	5.2 ± 1.6	13.8	Cygnus
File:NGC 6884.jpg			NGC 6884		1883	6.5	10.9	Cygnus
File:NGC 6891.jpg			NGC 6891		1884	7.2	10.5	Delphinus
File:NGC 6886.jpg			NGC 6886		1884	15.0 + 3.3	11.8	Sagitta
File:NGC 6742 legacy dr9.jpg			NGC 6742	Abell 50	1788	16.7	16.5	Draco
File:N6894s.jpg			NGC 6894	PK 069-02.1	1784	4.2	12.3	Cygnus
File:NGC 6905 - VLT(FORS2) - RHaBOIII.png	Blue Flash Nebula		NGC 6905		1784	7.5 (approx.)	10.9	Delphinus
File:NGC 6804-HST-R814GB555.png			NGC 6804		1791	12.5 (approx.)	11.2	Aquila
File:N7008s.jpg	Fetus Nebula		NGC 7008		1787	2.7	12	Cygnus
File:NGC 7354.jpg			NGC 7354		1787	5.5	12.9	Cepheus
File:NGC 7662 "Blue Snowball".jpg	Blue Snowball Nebula		NGC 7662		1784	5.9	8.6	Andromeda
			NGC 6803		1882	12.5	11.1	Aquila
File:Abell78s.jpg				Abell 78	1966	5	13	Cygnus
File:Abell31s.jpg				Abell 31	1955	2	12.2	Cancer
File:Kronberger-61.jpg	Soccer Ball Nebula			Kronberger 61	2011	13	18.4	Cygnus
File:IC 1454.jpg				IC 1454	1891	13.7 (approx.)	14	Cepheus
File:Abell 12.png				Abell 12		6.9	14	Orion
File:Hen2-47.jpg				Hen 2-47		6.6	10.21	Carina
File:NGC 5844 DECaPS DR2.jpg			NGC 5844		1837	9.45	12.7	Triangulum Australe
File:The Crab of the Southern Sky Hen 2-104.tif	Southern Crab Nebula			Hen 2-104	1967	7	14.20	Centaurus
File:NGC 5979.jpg			NGC 5979		1835	13 (approx.)	12.10	Triangulum Australe
File:NGC6537.jpg	Red Spider Nebula		NGC 6537		1888 (prior to)	3.9 (approx.)	11.9	Sagittarius
File:NGC 6565.jpg			Template:Nowrap			14	14	Sagittarius
File:NGC 6302 Hubble 2009.full.jpg	Bug Nebula or Butterfly Nebula		NGC 6302	Caldwell 69	1888 (prior to)	3.4 ± 0.5	7.1B	Scorpius
File:NGC 7009 Hubble.jpg	Saturn Nebula		NGC 7009		1782	3.0 (approx.)	8.0	Aquarius
File:NGC 3132.jpg	Eight-burst Nebula or Southern Ring Nebula		NGC 3132		1888 (prior to)	2.6 (approx.)	9.87	Vela
File:N2438s-crop.jpg			NGC 2438		1786	2.9 (approx.)	11.5	Puppis
File:Ngc 2440.jpg			NGC 2440		1790	3.6 (approx.)	9.3	Puppis
File:Spirograph Nebula - Hubble 1999.jpg	Spirograph Nebula			IC 418	1888–1894	1.3 (approx.)	9.6	Lepus
File:ESO's VLT images the planetary nebula IC 1295.jpg				IC 1295	1867	4.7 (approx.)	12.7	Scutum
File:IC 2448.jpg				IC 2448	1898	11 (approx.)	11.10	Carina
File:IC 4663.jpg				IC 4663	1901	11 (approx.)		Scorpius
File:From Cosmic Spare Tyre to Ethereal Blossom.tif	Spare Tyre Nebula			IC 5148	1894	3 (approx.)	16.5	Grus
File:Retinanebel.jpg	Retina Nebula			IC 4406	1888–1907	2.0 (approx.)	10.9	Lupus
File:Stingraynebula.jpg	Stingray Nebula			Hen 3-1357	1989	18 (approx.)	10.75	Ara
File:NGC 5189.jpg	Spiral Planetary Nebula		NGC 5189		1835	2.6 (approx.)	9.5	Musca
File:Menzel 1 - EFOSC.2003-02-04T08 59 53.985.png				Mz 1	1922	3.4 ± 0.5	12.0	Norma
File:Ant Nebula.jpg	Ant Nebula			Mz 3	1922	8.0 (approx.)	13.8	Norma
File:Fine Ring Nebula.jpg	Shapley 1			PLN 329+2.1	1936	4.9	12.6	Norma
File:MyCn18-crop.png	Engraved Hourglass Nebula			MyCn 18	1996	8.0 (approx.)	13.0	Musca
File:Planetary nebula NGC 3918.jpg			NGC 3918	Blue Planetary	1834	4.9	8.5	Centaurus
File:Ngc6578.jpg			NGC 6578		1882	5.5 (approx.)	13.5	Sagittarius
File:The planetary nebula Fleming 1 seen with ESO’s Very Large Telescope.tiff	Fleming 1			G290.5+07.9 ESO 170-6	1888?	7.9	13.1	Centaurus
File:The planetary nebula ESO 378-1.jpg	Southern Owl Nebula			PN K 1-22 ESO 378-1	1971<ref name=kahoutek>Template:Cite journal</ref>	4.3<ref name=jacob>Template:Cite journal</ref>	17.4<ref name=phillips>Template:Cite journal</ref>	Hydra
File:IC 4191.jpg				IC 4191	1907	6.85	11.6	Musca
File:IC 4634.jpg				IC 4634	1893	7.5	11.3	Ophiuchus
File:IC 4637.jpg				IC 4637	1901	7.8	12.5	Scorpius
File:NGC1360 Planetary Nebula from the Mount Lemmon SkyCenter Schulman Telescope courtesy Adam Block.jpg	Robin's Egg Nebula		NGC 1360		1868	1.5 (approx.)	9.4	Fornax
File:N1535s.jpg	Cleopatra's Eye		NGC 1535		1785	6.5 (approx.)	10.5	Eridanus
File:Potw1339a.tif			NGC 2452		1847	15	12.20	Puppis
File:NGC 2899.png			NGC 2899		1835	6.5	11.8	Vela
File:NGC 2792.jpg			NGC 2792		1835	10 ± 2	11.6	Vela
File:NGC 2818 by the Hubble Space Telescope.jpg			NGC 2818		1826	10.4	12.50	Pyxis
File:NGC 2867.jpg			NGC 2867		1834	7.3	10	Carina
File:NGC 3211.png			NGC 3211		1837	10.76	11.5	Carina
File:Ngc3195.jpg			NGC 3195		1835	5.5 (approx.)	11.6	Chamaeleon
File:NGC 4361.jpg			NGC 4361		1785	3 (approx.)	10.9	Corvus
File:NGC 5307.jpg			NGC 5307		1836	10	11.2	Centaurus
File:NGC 5315HSTfull.jpg			NGC 5315		1883	7 (approx.)	9.8	Circinus
File:NGC 5882 HST.tif			NGC 5882		1834	7.7	9.4	Lupus
File:NGC 6072.jpg			NGC 6072		1837	3.1	14	Scorpius
File:M2 42 ESO VST.png				M2-42	1947	30.8	13.9	Sagittarius
File:NGC 7094 PanS.jpg			NGC 7094		1884	3.5	13.5	Pegasus
File:M 4-18.png				M4-18	1959	17.1	14	Camelopardalis
File:Abell48.jpg				Abell 48	1955	14.9	17	Aquila
File:A nitrogen-rich nebula.jpg			NGC 6153		1883	4.4	10.9	Scorpius
File:NGC 6309.jpg	Box Nebula		NGC 6309		1876	6.5	11.5	Ophiuchus
File:NGC 6326 by Hubble Space Telescope.jpg			NGC 6326		1826	11	12.2	Ara
File:NGC6563 - Eso1724c.tif			NGC 6563		1826	5.37 ± 0.06	11	Sagittarius
File:NGC 6629.jpg			NGC 6629		1784	13.4	11.3	Sagittarius
File:NGC 6741.tif	Phantom Streak Nebula		NGC 6741		1882	7	11	Aquila
File:Little gem.jpg	Little Gem Nebula		NGC 6818		1787	6	9.3	Sagittarius
File:Abell36s.jpg				Abell 36	1955	0.78	12.2 ± 2.1	Virgo
File:Abell70.jpg				Abell 70	1966	7.8–16<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>		Aquila
File:NGC 6445 PanSTARRS1 r.g.jpg	Box Nebula		NGC 6445		1786	4.5	11.2	Sagittarius
File:Hubble Observes Glowing, Fiery Shells of Gas.jpg	Eye of Sauron Nebula			M 1-42		10	14	Sagittarius
				Ka LMC 1		~18		Dorado

See also

• Lists of astronomical objects
• Lists of planets