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Hubble Finds an Hourglass Nebula around a Dying Star
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This Hubble telescope snapshot of MyCn18, a young planetary nebula, reveals that the object has an hourglass shape with an intricate pattern of etchings in its walls. A planetary nebula is the glowing relic of a dying, Sun-like star.
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Credit lineHubble Finds an Hourglass Nebula around a Dying Star. NASA/JPL, 1996-01-16. Public domain. ID: PIA14442.
