Cosmic Pyrotechnics: New Planetary Nebula Dazzling Astronomers
Gemini Observatory
Cosmic Soccer Ball
The newly discovered Kronberger 61 nebula is essentially a shell of ionized gas that owes its blue light to charged oxygen molecules. The bright object to the bottom left of the nebula is actually a distant galaxy.
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