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Planetary vs. Spiral Nebulae

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'Planetary' nebulae like the one above are immense blobs of gas that often appear as rings, something like the orbit of a planet. They are now known to be in our own galaxy, relatively nearby. Spiral nebulae like the one below, seen side-on, are now known to be galaxies like our Milky Way, far more distant.



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