Sky's Up Global Astronomy Magazine Volume V (July 2022) | Page 10

wonderful universe CREDIT : NASA , ESA , CSA , and STScI SOURCE : flickr . com / photos / nasawebbtelescope / 52212049510 / in / album-72177720300469752 /

wonderful universe CREDIT : NASA , ESA , CSA , and STScI SOURCE : flickr . com / photos / nasawebbtelescope / 52212049510 / in / album-72177720300469752 /

Webb captures dying star ’ s final ‘ performance ’ in fine detail

A planetary nebula , seen by the Webb telescope ’ s NIRCam instrument , against the blackness of space , with points of starlight behind it . The nebula itself is shaped like an irregular oval , with lacy , reddish orange plumes of gas and dust . Further inside the circle , the gas and dust glows bright blue . A glowing white ring separates the red and blue gases . In the center of the rings are two stars , one glowing much brighter than the other , with diffraction spikes radiating out from it .
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