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• The Little Dumbbell Nebula, also known as Messier 76, NGC 650/651, the Barbell Nebula, or the Cork Nebula,[1] is a planetary nebula in the constellation Perseus. It was discovered by Pierre Méchain in 1780 and included in Charles Messier's catalog of comet-like objects as number 76. It was first recognised as a planetary nebula in 1918 by the astronomer Heber Doust Curtis. However, there is some contention to this claim, as Isaac Roberts in 1891 did suggest that M76 might be similar to the Ring Nebula(M57), being instead as seen from the side view.[2] The structure is now classed as a bipolar planetary nebula (BPNe).[3] Distance to M76 is currently estimated as 780 parsecs or 2,500 light years,[4] making the average dimensions about 0.378 pc. (1.23 ly.) across.[5]

• The total nebula shines at the apparent magnitude of +10.1 with its central star or planetary nebula nucleus (PNN) at +15.9v (16.1B) magnitude.[1] The UV-light from the PNN is expanding outer layers that form the present nebula, and has the surface temperature of about 88,400 K. The whole planetary nebula is approaching us at 19.1 km/s.[6]

• The Little Dumbbell Nebula derives its common name from its resemblance to the Dumbbell Nebula (M27) in Vulpecula. It was originally thought to consist of two separate emission nebulae and was thus given two catalog numbers in the NGC 650 and 651. Some consider this object to be one of the faintest and hardest to see objects in Messier's list.

Religion

• Ascension (mystical), the belief in some religions that there are certain rare individuals that have ascended into Heaven directly without dying first

• Ascension of Jesus

• Feast of the Ascension (Ascension day), an annual day of feast commemorating Jesus' ascension; a public holiday in several countries

• The Ascension, another title for the Old English poem Christ II

• Ascension Cathedral (disambiguation)

• The Ascension, Lavender Hill, an Anglo-Catholic church on Lavender Hill, Battersea, South West London

Places

• Ascensión Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico

  • Ascensión, Mexico, a city and capital of the municipality

• Ascension Island, in the southern Atlantic Ocean

• Ascension Islands, a group of uninhabited islands in Canada

• Ascension, Prince Edward Island, Canada

• L'Ascension, Quebec, Canada

• Ascension Parish, Louisiana, United States

Fiction

• Ascension (comics), a comic book series (1997–2000) created by David Finch

• Ascension (Star Wars novel), 2011

Film and TV

• The Climb (2017 film) (French title: L'ascension), a French adventure film

• Dracula II: Ascension, a 2003 direct-to-video American-Romanian horror film

• Ascension, an award-winning short film produced by Vickie Gest

• Ascension (miniseries), a television miniseries that aired in December 2014

• "Ascension" (The X-Files), a 1994 episode of The X-Files

• "Ascension", a 1999 episode of Batman Beyond

• Ascension (Stargate), in the Stargate universe, a process to become a noncorporeal entity on a higher plane of existence (first mentioned in season 3, 2000)

• "Ascension" (Stargate SG-1), a 2001 Stargate SG-1 episode

• "Ascension", a 2013 episode of NCIS: Los Angeles

• Ascension (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.), a 2016 Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. episode

Games

• Mage: The Ascension, a role-playing game

• Ultima IX: Ascension, the final part of the computer role-playing game series Ultima

• God of War: Ascension, a 2013 game for the PlayStation 3

• Ascension: Chronicle of the Godslayer, a 2011 deck-building card game

• A game map in Zombie Mode in Call of Duty: Black Ops, from the "First Strike" map pack

Music

• L'ascension, an orchestral suite by Olivier Messiaen

• Ascension, an alias used by the British trance music act The Space Brothers

Albums

• Ascension (A Flock of Seagulls album), 2018

• Ascension (Djam Karet album), 2001

• Ascension (Jesu album), 2011

• Ascension (John Coltrane album), 1966

• Ascension (Misia album), 2007

• Ascension (Pep Love album), 2001

• The Ascension (2face Idibia album), 2014

• The Ascension (Glenn Branca album), 1981

• The Ascension (Otep album), 2007

• The Ascension (Phil Wickham album), 2013

• Ascension, by Michael Pinnella, 2014

• Ascension, by Toya Delazy, 2014

• The Afterman: Ascension, by progressive rock band Coheed and Cambria, 2012

Songs

• "Ascension" (Gorillaz song), by Gorillaz from Humanz, 2017

• "Ascension (Don't Ever Wonder)", by Maxwell from Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite, 1996

• "Ascension," the only song featured in the 1966 John Coltrane album Ascension

• "Ascension," a song by Enslaved from Isa, 2004

• "Ascension", by John Frusciante from Curtains, 2005

• "Ascension", by Mac Miller from GO:OD AM, 2015

• "Ascension", by Vanessa Carlton from Liberman, 2015

• "The Ascension", by Manowar from Gods of War, 2007

Ships

• HMS Ascension (K502), a Royal Navy frigate in service from 1944 to 1946

• MV Ascension, a 1993 cargo and container ship

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