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Soap Bubble Nebula

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Soap Bubble Nebula
Nebula
Observation data
DistanceRoughly 4 kly ly
Apparent magnitude (V)12.3
ConstellationCygnus
Physical characteristics
Radius5 ly ly
DesignationsPN G75.5 1.7
See also: Lists of nebulae

The Soap bubble nebula, or PN G75.5 1.7, is a planetary nebula in the constellation Cygnus[1], near the Crescent Nebula (NGC 6888)[2]. It was first discovered on July 5th, 2010, by an amateur astronomer named Dave Jurasevich[3].

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