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    What is the name of the closest planetary nebula to the Earth, which is around 450 light years away?

    Question #68830. Asked by cperea. (Jul 26 06 8:11 AM)


    Brainyblonde

    		Hubble captured thousands of these knots from a doomed star in the Helix Nebula, the closest planetary nebula to Earth.
    http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/newsdesk/archive/releases/1996/13/

    Jul 26 06, 8:14 AM
    smartie806

    		The Helix Nebula is one of the closest at 650 ly:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helix_Nebula

    Jul 26 06, 8:15 AM
    nativeape

    		SH 2-216 about 130 parsecs away, about 450 light years from earth. Dull name but closer than the Helix Nebula by some 2,000,000,000,000,000 miles!

    Sep 17 07, 8:57 PM

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