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Mark Fisher
1999-2008
Ghost of Jupiter
Eye Nebula, CBS Eye, NGC 3242, PK 261+32.1
Proper Names
  Ghost of Jupiter
  Eye Nebula
  CBS Eye
Messier Number
  None
NGC/IC Number
  NGC 3242
Other Designations
  PK 261+32.1
Constellation
  Hydra
Right Ascension
  10h 24m 48s
Declination
  -18° 38' 00"
Distance
  2,600 light years
  800 parsecs
Magnitude
  Apparent: +8.6
  Absolute: -0.9
Mean Diameter
  Apparent: 20' 48"
  Actual: 16 light years
Associated Star(s)
  HD 90255
Optimum Visibility
  February
 A ghostly and faint planetary nebula, the remnant of an ancient supernova, lying in the central regions of the constellation Hydra.
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