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The Saturn Nebula was the first discoveries
of William Herschel on
September 7, 1782, when he started his great
survey. This remarkable
planetary nebula has its name from its appearance,
which resembles a faint suggestion of the planet
Saturn with rings nearly edge-on (Lord Rosse
named it in the 1840s).
Its estimated distance is around
3,000 light years from the Sun.
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