Cotton Candy Nebula

Cotton Candy Nebula
The Cotton Candy Nebula as seen by Hubble. Credits: Sun Kwok and Kate Su (University of Calgary), Bruce Hrivnak (Valparaiso University), and NASA

The Cotton Candy Nebula is a protoplanetary nebula that was originally discovered by the IRAS satellite. It is also known as IRAS 17150-3224. It is a good example of a DUPLEX-type PPN [1].

R.A. 17h18'20" Decl. -32 27'22" Constellation: Ara

References

  1. ^ HST polarimetry of PPN



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