Click on the image for a full resolution version   Messier 76 is, according to G. Ramos-Larios et al,  a bipolar planetary nebula. It was, initially assigned two New General Catalogue numbers, NGC 650 and 651, because its bi-lobed structure was not fully understood at that time. It is a small nebula (2.7×1.8 arcmin) which, … Continue reading Messier 76. NGC 650 and NGC 651