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Planetary nebula Henize 2-428 from the Very Large Telescope

This image of the "unusual" (not at all!) planetary nebula was obtained using ESO’s Very Large Telescope at the Paranal Observatory in Chile. In the heart of this colourful nebula we can recognize the typical PINCH - creating a discharge pattern that is misinterpreted as a dance of two white dwarfs "orbiting" each other.

 

See German elaboration at: farsight3.wordpress.com/2016/04/22/die-hubble-blase-platzt/

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Uploaded on February 16, 2015