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The Egg Nebula

The Egg Nebula

About the Object

  • R.A. Position
    R.A. PositionRight ascension – analogous to longitude – is one component of an object's position.
    21h 2m 18.79s
  • Dec. Position
    Dec. PositionDeclination – analogous to latitude – is one component of an object's position.
    36° 41' 38.0"
  • Object Name
    Object NameA name or catalog number that astronomers use to identify an astronomical object.
    Egg Nebula, CRL2688
  • Release Date
    January 16, 1996
  • Science Release
    Hubble Finds Searchlight Beams and Multiple Arcs around a Dying Star
    Read the release
  • Credit
    Credit: Raghvendra Sahai and John Trauger (JPL), the WFPC2 science team, and NASA

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The Egg Nebula: Searchlight Beams and Multiple Arcs Around a Dying Star

The Egg Nebula: Searchlight Beams and Multiple Arcs Around a Dying Star

This image of the Egg Nebula, also known as CRL2688 and located roughly 3,000 light-years from us, was taken in red light with the Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 (WFPC2) aboard NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. The image shows a pair of mysterious "searchlight" beams emerging...

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Last Updated
Mar 28, 2025
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Claire Andreoli
NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center
Greenbelt, Maryland
claire.andreoli@nasa.gov

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