NGC 7008

{{Short description|Planetary nebula in the constellation Cygnus}}

{{ Planetary nebula |

| image = 250px

| caption = NGC 7008, the Fetus Nebula

| name = NGC 7008

| type = Planetary

| epoch = J2000

| ra = {{RA|21|00|32.503}}{{cite web

| title=SIMBAD Astronomical Database

| work=Results for NGC 7008

| url=http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/Simbad

| access-date=2009-05-22}}

| dec = {{DEC|+54|32|36.18}}

| dist_ly = 2,800

| size_v = 1.4'x1.1'

| appmag_v = 12.0 {{cite web|title=NGC 7008|url=http://dso-browser.com/dso/info/NGC/7008|website=Telescopius|publisher=Deep Sky Objects Browser|access-date=2013-05-27|archive-date=2015-12-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151229222047/http://dso-browser.com/dso/info/NGC/7008|url-status=dead}}{{cite web

|title=Revised NGC Data for NGC 7008

|url=http://spider.seds.org/ngc/revngcic.cgi?NGC7008

|website=spider.seds.org

|access-date=2023-06-18}}

| constellation = Cygnus

| radius_ly = ≈ 0.5 ly

| absmag_v = 12.0

| notes =

| names = NGC 7008,

Fetus Nebula
PK 93+5.2}}

NGC 7008 (PK 93+5.2), also known as the Fetus Nebula, is a planetary nebula with a diameter of approximately 1 light-year{{cite web|last1=Nemiroff|first1=Robert|last2=Bonnell|first2=Jerry|title=NGC 7008: The Fetus Nebula|url=http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap080825.html|website=Astronomy Picture of the Day|access-date=30 June 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150707044256/http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap080825.html|url-status=live|archive-date=7 July 2015}} located at a distance of 2800 light years in northern Cygnus. It was discovered by William Herschel in 1787, in Slough, England. NGC 7008 (H I-192) is included in the Astronomical League's Herschel 400 observing program.NGC 7008 is that its intricate and delicate structures make it a fascinating target for both amateur and professional astronomers studying the late stages of stellar evolution and the formation of planetary nebulae.