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Ant Nebula, also known as Chamber of Horrors, Menzel 3, Mz 3 and ESO 225-9, is a Planetary Nebula located in The Norma Constellation. Ant Nebula is located around 8000 Light Years from Earth. Ant Nebula has a radius of 1 Light Years, granting it the name Ant, plus it looks like an ant. Its most known feature is three nested pairs of bipolar lobes. Ant Nebula is expanding exponentially at a rate of 50 km/s. Ant Nebula was discovered in 1922 by American Astronomer Donald Howard Menzel.
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