File:Little Dumbbell Nebula (WFC3 Compass Image) (2024-013).png

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This is an annotated Hubble Space Telescope image of the Little Dumbbell Nebula, located 3,400 light-years away in the northern circumpolar constellation Perseus.

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English: This is an annotated Hubble Space Telescope image of the Little Dumbbell Nebula, located 3,400 light-years away in the northern circumpolar constellation Perseus. The object’s name comes from its shape that is a two-lobed structure of colorful, mottled, glowing gases resembling a balloon that’s been pinched around a middle waist. Like an inflating balloon, the lobes are expanding into space from a dying star seen as a white dot in the center. Blistering ultraviolet radiation from the super-hot star is causing the gases to glow. The red color is from nitrogen, and blue is from oxygen. NASA, ESA, STScI
Date 23 April 2024 (upload date)
Source Little Dumbbell Nebula (WFC3 Compass Image)
Author Image: NASA, ESA, STScI
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Planetary Nebulas; White Dwarfs; Nebulas

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