NGC 246 [SEP] constellation
NGC 246
NGC 246, known as the Skull Nebula, is a planetary nebula in the constellation Cetus. The nebula and the stars associated with it are listed in several catalogs, as summarized by the SIMBAD database. It is roughly 1,600 light-years away. The nebula's central star is the 12th magnitude white dwarf HIP 3678.
Among some amateur astronomers, NGC 246 is known as the "Pac-Man Nebula" because of the arrangement of its central stars and the surrounding star field.
/ Clown Face Nebula
- C40 NGC 3626
- C42 NGC 7006
- C43 NGC 7814
- C44 NGC 7479
- C45 NGC 5248
- C47 NGC 6934
- C48 NGC 2775
- C50 NGC 2244
- C52 NGC 4697
- C53 NGC 3115 Spindle Galaxy
- C54 NGC 2506
- C55 NGC 7009 Saturn Nebula
- C56 NGC 246
- C58 NGC 2360
- C59 NGC 3242 Ghost of Jupiter
- C60 NGC 4038 Brighter of two Antennae Galaxies
- C62 NGC