Examples of Planetary Nebula All images have been obtained from the Astronomy Picture of the Day website. Note the central White Dwarf stellar remnant in each image. Note that some PN are spherically symmetric and some display bipolar symmetry.
Abell 39 Planetary Nebula
Cat’s Eye Planetary Nebula
The Eskimo Planetary Nebula
The Helix Planetary Nebula
M 27 Planetary Nebula
M 29 Butterfly Planetary Nebula
M 57 The Ring Planetary Nebula
NGC 2346 Planetary Nebula
NGC 2240 Planetary Nebula
NGC 3132 Planetary Nebula
NGC 6537 Planetary Nebula
The Blinking Eye Planetary Nebula
The Saturn Planetary Nebula
The Spirograph Planetary Nebula
The Stingray Planetary Nebula
The Hourglass Planetary Nebula
The Rotten Egg Planetary Nebula