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Close-up of M27, the Dumbbell Nebula

Close-up of M27, the Dumbbell Nebula
Date taken Tue Feb 11 2003 Authorship NASA's JPL centre Keywords & Keyphrases Dumbbell Nebula · Hubble Space Telescope · M27 Metadata JSON

Behind the image

An aging star last hurrah creates a flurry of glowing knots of gas that appear to be streaking through space. This closeup image of the Dumbbell Nebula was taken by the JPL-built and designed WFC3 camera, onboard NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. link