## Some well known galactic nebulae and their vital statistics

## Omega Nebula

Distance from Earth:
  5000 - 6000 lightyears
Diameter:
  15 Lightyears
Mass:
  800 solar masses
Catalogue number:
  M17 / NGC6618
Discovered in:
  1764
Discoverer:
  Philippe Loys de Chéseaux

## Rosette Nebula

Distance from Earth:
  5200 lightyears
Diameter:
  130 lightyears
Mass:
  10'000 solar masses
Catalogue number:
  NGC2244
Discovered in:
  1690
Discoverer:
  John Flamsteed

## Ring Nebula

Distance from Earth:
  2300 lightyears
Diameter:
  2.6 lightyears
Mass:
  1.2 solar masses
Catalogue number:
  M57 / NGC6822
Discovered in:
  1886
Discoverer:
  Antoine Darquier de Pellepoix

## Tarantula Nebula

Distance from Earth:
  180'000 lightyears
Diameter:
  1000 lightyears
Mass:
  450'000 solar masses
Catalogue number:
  NGC2070
Discovered in:
  1751
Discoverer:
  Nicolas Louis de Lacaille

## Triangulum Nebula

Distance from Earth:
  2'700'000 lightyears
Diameter:
  1500 lightyears
Mass:
  15 - 60 solar masses
Catalogue number:
  NGC604
Discovered in:
  1784
Discoverer:
  William Herschel

## Eagle Nebula

Distance from Earth:
  6500 lightyears
Diameter:
  9.6 lightyears
Mass:
  12'500 solar masses
Catalogue number:
  M16 / NGC6611
Discovered in:
  1746
Discoverer:
  Jean-Philippe de Cheseaux

## Crab Nebula

Distance from Earth:
  1400 lightyears
Diameter:
  11 lightyears
Mass:
  10 solar masses
Catalogue number:
  M1 / NGC1952
Discovered in:
  1731
Discoverer:
  John Bevis