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Butterfly Nebula Print

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Butterfly Emerges from Stellar Demise in Planetary Nebula NGC 6302 From Wikipedia: NGC 6302 (also called the Bug Nebula or Butterfly Nebula), is a bipolar planetary nebula in the constellation Scorpius. It is one of the most interesting and complex planetary nebulae observed. The spectrum of NGC 6302 shows its central star is one of the hottest objects in the galaxy, with a surface temperature in excess of 200,000 K, implying that the star from which it formed must have been very large. The central star has never been observed and is surrounded by a particularly dense equatorial disc composed of gas and dust. This dense disc is postulated to have caused the star's outflows to form a bipolar structure (Gurzadyan 1997), similar to an hour-glass. This bipolar structure shows many interesting features seen in planetary nebulae such as ionization walls, knots and sharp edges to the lobes.
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Ring Nebula (Hubble Telescope) Post Cards

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Hubble photograph of the Ring Nebula This is an image of the oval-shaped Ring Nebula, situated around 2000 light years from Earth. It was taken by the Hubble Space Telescope in 1998, and shows orange and yellow outer areas around a blue-green centre. Credit: Hubble Heritage Team (AURA/STScI/NASA/ESA) Note that any distortion in the preview image is caused by compression artefacts, and won't be printed. You can personalise the design further if you'd prefer, such as by adding your name or other text, or adjusting the image – just click 'Customize' to see all the options. See more in my shop If you like this product, you can find more like it in my store: Click here to view all the other items with this design. Click here to see other space designs. Click here to visit the storefront and view all designs and products.
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Kepler-35 Key Chain

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Kepler-35 Key Chain
The Kepler-35 b planet, which is Saturn-sized and appears blue, orbits a pair of stars every 131 days.

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