Water Lily Nebula

Water Lily Nebula

The Water Lily Nebula, in the southern constellation of Ara, is a pre-planetary nebula also known as IRAS 16594-4656, in the process of developing to a planetary nebula. It is one of the pre-planetary nebulae containing polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, organic hydrocarbons otherwise constituting the basis for life.

References

[http://sci.esa.int/science-e/www/object/index.cfm?fobjectid=12848 ESA press release]

[http://www.iras.ucalgary.ca/~kwok/aas00.html Sun Kwok's page on the object]

[http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-id?protocol=html&Ident=water+lily+nebula&NbIdent=1&Radius=10&Radius.unit=arcmin&submit=submit+id Simbad entry]


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