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A Dying Star Shrouded by a Blanket of Hailstones Forms the Bug Nebula (NGC 6302)

A Dying Star Shrouded by a Blanket of Hailstones Forms the Bug Nebula (NGC 6302)
The Bug Nebula, NGC 6302, is one of the brightest and most extreme planetary nebulae known. The fiery, dying star at its center is shrouded by a blanket of icy hailstones. This NASA Hubble Wide Field Plantery Camera 2 image shows impressive walls of compressed gas, laced with trailing strands and bubbling outflows.
  • Object Name
    Object NameA name or catalog number that astronomers use to identify an astronomical object.
    NGC 6302, Bug Nebula
  • Release Date
    May 3, 2004
  • Science Release
    Demise in Fire and Ice
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  • Credit
    Credit: NASA, ESA and A.Zijlstra (UMIST, Manchester, UK)

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