Zoom Rotation into the Egg Nebula

Rainbow Image of the Egg Nebula

Resembling a rippling pool illuminated by underwater lights, the Egg Nebula offers astronomers a special look at the normally invisible dust shells swaddling an aging star. These dust layers, extending over one-tenth of a light-year from the star, have an onionskin structure...

Egg Nebula; Angle of Polarization

Animation dissolve sequence of HST images of the Egg Nebula through a polarizing filter at different angles with graphic showing angle of polarization.

Egg Nebula Through a Polarizing Filter

Animation dissolve sequence of HST images of the Egg Nebula through a polarizing filter at different angles.