Hubble Finds an Hourglass Nebula around a Dying Star
This Hubble telescope snapshot of MyCn18, a young planetary nebula, reveals that the object has an hourglass shape with an intricate pattern of etchings in its walls. A planetary nebula is the glowing relic of a dying, Sun-like star.
Image Credit: NASA, ESA, Raghvendra Sahai and John Trauger (JPL), the WFPC2 science team
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TakenJanuary 16, 1996
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Image CreditNASA, ESA, Raghvendra Sahai and John Trauger (JPL), the WFPC2 science team
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