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-Image reveals the incredible complexity of the bipolar nebula’s two shimmering lobes 5,560 light-years away
-It is known as a bipolar nebula, because it has two stars at its centre with around the same mass as the sun
-The star has not only ejected its outer layers, but the exposed remnant core is now illuminating these layers
-The majestic beauty of the dying Twin Jet Nebula has been revealed in incredible detail in a stunning new image by Hubble.
-Stretched out like iridescent butterfly wings, the image reveals the incredible complexity of the bipolar nebula’s two shimmering lobes.
-Despite their peaceful appearance, these violent cosmic clouds are jets of star material, streaming off into space at speeds over 620, 000mph (1 million km/h).
originally posted by: swanne
a reply to: jude11
Yes, beautiful indeed.
Remember though that the colours were artificially added - Hubble has no natural colours cameras on board, it takes black & white pictures. So the colours are artificially added in using image editing softwares.
Stunning nonetheless! S&F
originally posted by: swanne
a reply to: jude11
Yes, beautiful indeed.
Remember though that the colours were artificially added - Hubble has no natural colours cameras on board, it takes black & white pictures. So the colours are artificially added in using image editing softwares.
Stunning nonetheless! S&F
Today Phil follows up last week’s look at the death of low mass stars with what comes next: a white dwarf. White dwarfs are incredibly hot and dense objects roughly the size of Earth. They also can form planetary nebulae: huge, intricately detailed objects created when the wind blown from the dying stars is lit up by the central white dwarf. They only last a few millennia. The Sun probably won’t form one, but higher mass stars do.