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Loading contentA planetary nebula formed by gas shed by a dying star, appearing as a luminous ring.
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Space Telescope Science Institute
Space Telescope Science Institute (n.d.). Ring Nebula (M57) — HubbleSite / STScI. Space Telescope Science Institute. https://www.stsci.edu/
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title = {Ring Nebula (M57) — HubbleSite / STScI},
organization = {Space Telescope Science Institute},
year = {n.d.},
url = {https://www.stsci.edu/},
note = {STScI imagery and science for Ring Nebula (M57).}
}How Ring Nebula connects across Asteria Star — scientific, cultural, and astrological links are kept separate.
The glowing shell of gas cast off by a dying Sun-like star as it becomes a white dwarf, ionised and lit up by the hot stellar core at its centre. Despite the name — coined because their round disks resembled planets in early telescopes — planetary nebulae have nothing to do with planets; they are a brief, beautiful final phase of low- and intermediate-mass stars.
H II region in Dorado, magnitude 7.25.
Reflection nebula in Taurus.
Planetary nebula in Cygnus, magnitude 9.44.
Planetary nebula in Delphinus, magnitude 11.1.
Planetary nebula in Centaurus, magnitude 8.1.
Planetary nebula in Cepheus, magnitude 11.89.
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