Planetary Nebula NGC 6210

Planetary Nebula NGC 6210

The NASA/ESAHubble Space Telescope has shown us that the shrouds of gas surrounding dying, sunlike stars (called planetary nebulae) come in a variety of strange shapes, from an "hourglass" to a "butterfly" to a "stingray." With this image of NGC 6210, the Hubble telescope has added another bizarr...

By ASHESH DAS RUP

Location: IRAS 16423+2353, NGC 6210

Tags: Hubble, Space, Universe, Nebulae, ESA