This rather samll PN (42 arc seconds) is located some 3000 LY away from earth and can be found in the constellation of Gemini. It measures a couple of billion km in diameter and holds a hot white dwarf star at its center, that can easily be observed in a small telescope. When Herschel discovered this PN in 1787 he noticed some halo like formation around the very bright star; but his telescope was not precise enough to disclose its real nature; to discover the structure of the nebulosity one must referr to a serious telescope. In my 9" TMB you can gather the idea why this PN is called the "Eskimo". Its bright central star is very hot at this time at 40000 Kelvin. HST revealed there are 2 gas shells, that expand at different velocities. The inner one is rather fast with about 90 km/s, being expelled some 1060 years ago; and the outer one, that makes the "hair" of the Eskimo seems to originate in the periode of the central star when it dwelled in its red giantz phase, commencing to evaporate gas. This shell displays a way lower speed at some 20 km/s. The initial explosion that lead to its phase as a PN is said to have happened some 5000 years ago.