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Planetary Nebula NGC 6210

Planetary Nebula NGC 6210
  • Object Name
    Object NameA name or catalog number that astronomers use to identify an astronomical object.
    NGC 6210
  • Release Date
    October 22, 1998
  • Science Release
    Turtle in Space Describes New Hubble Image
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  • Credit
    Credit: Robert Rubin and Christopher Ortiz (NASA Ames Research Center), Patrick Harrington and Nancy Jo Lame (University of Maryland), Reginald Dufour (Rice University), and NASA

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A Turtle-Shaped Nebula, NGC 6210, and the Structure Around Its Star (inset)

A Turtle-Shaped Nebula, NGC 6210, and the Structure Around Its Star (inset)

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has shown us that the shrouds of gas surrounding dying, sunlike stars (called planetary nebulae) come in a variety of strange shapes, from an "hourglass" to a "butterfly" to a "stingray." With this image of NGC 6210, the Hubble telescope has added...

Planetary Nebula NGC 6210

Planetary Nebula NGC 6210

NGC 6210

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Mar 28, 2025
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