Through backyard telescopes, Messier 27 has two bright lobes making it look like a dumbbell, and is commonly called the Dumbbell Nebula.

It was John Herschel, William's son, who, in 1828, gave it the name “dumbbell”, by comparing its shape to the weight that's used in your workout session. But it was French astronomer, Charles Messier, who discovered it on July 12, 1764. In fact, it was the first such planetary nebula ever discovered.

The celestial jewel is the oldest planetary nebula ever found. The Galactic Open Cluster is called M37, also known as NGC2099. Galactic open clusters are loosely bound groups of a few tens to a few hundred stars, and are found in spiral and irregular galaxies.