Astronomy Picture of the Day . The Helix Nebula from La Silla Observatory . ... The Helix Nebula is one of brightest and closest examples of a planetary nebula, a gas cloud created at the end of the life of a Sun-like star. ... The above picture was taken by the Wide Field Imager on the 2.2-meter Telescope at the European Southern Observatory 's La Silla Observatory . A close-up of the inner edge of the Helix Nebula shows complex gas knots of unknown origin . ... Spokes in the Helix Nebula . ...

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