... Astronomy Picture of the Day . NGC 3242: The 'Ghost of Jupiter' PlanetaryNebula . << Yesterday . 31.03.1997 . Tomorrow >> . ... WFPC2 , HST , NASA Explanation: It's a weed , it's Jupiter , no it's - actually planetarynebula NGC 3242. ...
... Astronomy Picture of the Day . Shapley 1: An Annular PlanetaryNebula . << Yesterday . 16.08.2011 . Tomorrow >> . ... center condenses into a white dwarf while the outer atmospheric layers are expelled into space and appear as a planetarynebula ...
... Credit Copyright: NASA , ESA , Hubble Heritage Team ( STScI / AURA ) Explanation: NGC 2818 is a beautiful planetarynebula , the gaseous shroud of a dying sun-like star . ...
... Astronomy Picture of the Day . PlanetaryNebula PK 164 31 . << Yesterday . 30.10.2012 . Tomorrow >> . ... The bubble of expanding gas pictured above is the planetarynebula PK 164 +31.1, the remnants of the atmosphere of a Sun-like ...
... Astronomy Picture of the Day . NGC 2346: A Butterfly Shaped PlanetaryNebula . << Yesterday . 12.10.1999 . Tomorrow >> . ... NGC 2346 is a planetarynebula made of gas and dust that has evolved into a familiar shape . ...
... Astronomy Picture of the Day . MyCn18: An Hourglass PlanetaryNebula . << Yesterday . 7.08.2011 . Tomorrow >> . ... HST , NASA Explanation: The sands of time are running out for the central star of this hourglass-shaped planetarynebula ...
... Credit Copyright: Daniel L pez , IAC Explanation: NGC 2438 is a planetarynebula , the gaseous shroud cast off by a dying sunlike star billions of years old whose central reservoir of hydrogen fuel has been exhausted. ...
... Astronomy Picture of the Day . M2-9: Wings of a PlanetaryNebula . << Yesterday . 22.12.1997 . Tomorrow >> . ... The expended gas frequently forms an impressive display called a planetarynebula that fades gradually over thousand of years. ...