M2-9

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Minkowski 2-9, abbreviated M2-9 (also known as Minkowski's Butterfly, Twin Jet Nebula or the Wings of a Butterfly Nebula) is a planetary nebula that is located about 2,100 light-years away from Earth in the direction of the constellation Ophiuchus. It was discovered by Rudolph Minkowski in 1947.

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Image: Bruce Balick (University of Washington), Vincent Icke (Leiden University, The Netherlands), Garrelt Mellema (Stockholm University), and NASA/ESA, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.