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.

Water Lily Nebula
Reflection nebula
Protoplanetary nebula
HST image of the Watery Lily Nebula by Sun Kwok, Bruce Hrivnak, and Kate Su
Observation data: J2000 epoch
Right ascension17h 03m 10.08s[1]
Declination−47° 00′ 27.7″[1]
ConstellationAra
DesignationsIRAS 16594-4656, 2MASS J17031007-4700277, PN G340.3-03.2[2]

References
  1. Cutri, R. M. (2003). "2MASS All-Sky Catalog of Point Sources". VizieR On-line Data Catalog. Bibcode:2003yCat.2246....0C.
  2. "NAME Water Lily Nebula". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg.
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