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Hubble views a dazzling cosmic necklace
May 3rd 2021, 3:45 pm
This planetary nebula is located 15,000 light-years away from Earth in the small, dim constellation of Sagitta (the Arrow)
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The interaction of two doomed stars has created this spectacular ring adorned with bright clumps of gas a diamond necklace of cosmic proportions.
Fittingly known as the “Necklace Nebula,” this planetary nebula is located 15,000 light-years away from Earth in the small, dim constellation of Sagitta (the Arrow).
A pair of tightly orbiting sun-like stars produced the Necklace Nebula, which also goes by the less glamorous name of PN G054.203.4.
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NASA shared a spectacular image of two “doomed stars” interacting and creating a sort of diamond necklace
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The Necklace Nebula is about 15,000 light-years away
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This cluster of stellar bodies may be formally known as the Necklace Nebula, but to me it just looks like a peaceful, lush oasis hanging out in deep space.
Image: ESA/Hubble & NASA, K. Noll
Look at that. Gorgeous, right? This diamond necklace of cosmic proportions, as NASA describes it, is situated about 15,000 light-years from Earth, and it makes up a part of the Sagitta Constellation.
The Necklace Nebula was born about 10,000 years ago when the larger of two suns in a tight orbit expanded and engulfed its stellar sibling. But the smaller star continued its orbit, which in turn caused the larger star to rotate more quickly.