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NASA SOFIA Captures Images of the Planetary Nebula M2-9
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Researchers using NASA Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy SOFIA have captured infrared images of the last exhalations of a dying sun-like star. This image is of the planetary Nebula M2-9.
NASA Image and Video Library’s own descriptionCredit lineNASA SOFIA Captures Images of the Planetary Nebula M2-9. NASA/JPL, 2012-03-29. Public domain. ID: PIA15420.
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