Summer · Nebula

Vulpecula

A small northern constellation in the Summer Milky Way between Cygnus and Aquila. Contains the Dumbbell Nebula (M27) — the first planetary nebula ever discovered, found by Charles Messier in 1764 — a glowing shell of gas expelled by a dying

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