It’s the dim star, not the bright one, near the center of NGC - TopicsExpress



          

It’s the dim star, not the bright one, near the center of NGC 3132 that created this odd but beautiful planetary nebula. Nicknamed the Eight-Burst Nebula and the Southern Ring Nebula, the glowing gas originated in the outer layers of a star like our Sun. In this reprocessed color picture, the hot purplish pool of light seen surrounding this binary system is energized by the hot surface of the faint star. Learn more: buff.ly/1rHmEhG
Posted on: Fri, 02 Jan 2015 18:46:56 +0000

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