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Planetary Nebula


Planetary nebulae as recently viewed by the Hubble Space Telescope. There are actually spheres of glowing gas around the central bright star, but looking through these they appear as rings.

Credit: NASA, NOAO, ESA, the Hubble Helix Nebula Team, M. Meixner (STScI), and T.A. Rector (NRAO).

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