Behold the terrifyingly named Clownface Nebula
In 1797 , legendary uranologist William Herschel first catch sight of this object and declared it “ a very remarkable phenomenon . ” Although it ’s sometimes called the Clownface Nebula , it ’s probably well know as the Eskimo Nebula , because it resembles ( however mistily ) a person ’s face inside a parka hood . Located about 3,000 low-cal - year away , it only measures about a third of a scant - year across ....