... 2011 August 7 . MyCn18: An Hourglass PlanetaryNebula . Image Credit: R. Sahai and J. Trauger ( JPL ), WFPC2 , HST , NASA . ... Explanation: The sands of time are running out for the central star of this hourglass-shaped planetarynebula . ...
... 2015 May 10 . MyCn18: An Hourglass PlanetaryNebula . Image Credit: R. Sahai and J. Trauger ( JPL ), WFPC2 , HST , NASA . ... Explanation: The sands of time are running out for the central star of this hourglass-shaped planetarynebula . ...
... 2012 October 30 . PlanetaryNebula PK 164 +31.1 . ... The bubble of expanding gas pictured above is the planetarynebula PK 164 +31.1, the remnants of the atmosphere of a Sun-like ...
... 2011 April 7 . PlanetaryNebula NGC 2438 . Image 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 ...
... October 28, 1998 . NGC 6210: The "Turtle in Space" PlanetaryNebula . Credit: R. Rubin (NASA/Ames) et al., WFPC2 , HST , NASA . ... Planetarynebula NGC 6210 may look like a giant space turtle, but it is actually much more massive and violent. ...
... 2011 August 16 . Shapley 1: An Annular PlanetaryNebula . Image Credit: ESO . ... center condenses into a white dwarf while the outer atmospheric layers are expelled into space and appear as a planetarynebula ...
... 2002 July 31 . Henize 3-401: An Elongated PlanetaryNebula . Credit: R. Sahai ( JPL / NASA ) et al., HST , NASA , ESA . ... Stars that create elegant planetarynebulas like Henize 3-401, pictured above , are not unusual, causing speculation that, one ...
... 2011 February 18 . PlanetaryNebula Project . Credit Copyright : J-P Mets vainio ( Astro Anarchy ) . ... Shining in the cosmic night, their simple symmetries are fascinating and have inspired this planetarynebula poster project . ...
... 2013 December 5 . PlanetaryNebula Abell 7 . Image Credit Copyright : Don Goldman . ... Explanation: Very faint planetarynebula Abell 7 is some 1,800 light-years distant, just south of Orion in planet Earth's skies ...