Dying Star Shrouded by a Blanket of Hailstones Forms the Bug Nebula
Release Date: May 3, 2004
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 Names: NGC 6302, Bug Nebula
Image Type: Astronomical
Credit: NASA, ESA and A.Zijlstra (UMIST, Manchester, UK)
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Dying Star Shrouded by a Blanket of Hailstones Forms the Bug Nebula
Release Date: May 3, 2004
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 Names: NGC 6302, Bug Nebula
Image Type: Astronomical
Credit: NASA, ESA and A.Zijlstra (UMIST, Manchester, UK)
To learn more about this image go to:
hubblesite.org/gallery/album/nebula/pr2004046a/
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center enables NASA’s mission through four scientific endeavors: Earth Science, Heliophysics, Solar System Exploration, and Astrophysics. Goddard plays a leading role in NASA’s accomplishments by contributing compelling scientific knowledge to advance the Agency’s mission.
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