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Calabash Nebula

Protoplanetary nebula in the constellation of Puppis

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Ground-based imagery

In wide field images, the Calabash nebula is visible near the bright planetary nebula NGC 2438 in deep photographs. Although the Calabash Nebula is at the same distance as M46, NGC 2438 is a larger object in the foreground.

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