The Ant Nebula
Photo taken from the Hubble Space Telescope
The Ant Nebula also known as Menzel 3 is a young bipolar planetary nebula located in the constellation Norma.It is 8 ly (light years) away from earth and has a magnitude of 13.8.The Ant Nebula is expanding at a estimated rate of 50km/s and has its polar axis oriented at an angle of 30 degrees from the plane of the sky.The Ant Nebula was discovered by Donald Howard Menzel in 1922.
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