Cosmic Holiday Ornament
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Astronomers using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope have photographed a festive-looking nearby planetary nebula called NGC 5189.
Image Credit: NASA/HST
With the holiday season upon us, astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope have released this image of planetary nebula NGC 5189. The structure of this nebula appears to resemble a glass ornament, with a glowing ribbon accent.
Stars like our Sun will eventually end their lives as a planetary nebula. When a medium mass star like our Sun consumes the last of the fuel in its core, the outer layers of the star will puff up and be heated by radiation from the stellar remnant. The results are exquisite glowing clouds of gas, with incredibly complex structure due to the unevenly distributed ejections of mass from the central star.
Source:NASA Image of the Day Gallery
Ray Sanders is a Sci-Fi geek, astronomer and blogger. Currently researching variable stars at Arizona State University, he writes for Universe Today, The Planetary Society blog, and his own blog, Dear Astronomer
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