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Keyword: Mz3
Планетарная туманность Mz3 – Туманность "Муравей" Planetary Nebula Mz3: The Ant Nebula
5.02.2001

Why isn't this ant a big sphere? Planetary nebula Mz3 is being cast off by a star similar to our Sun that is, surely, round. Why then would the gas that is streaming away create an ant-shaped nebula that is distinctly not round?



Планетарная туманность Mz3: туманность Муравей Planetary Nebula Mz3: The Ant Nebula
1.05.2005

Why isn't this ant a big sphere? Planetary nebula Mz3 is being cast off by a star similar to our Sun that is, surely, round. Why then would the gas that is streaming away create an ant-shaped nebula that is distinctly not round?





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