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Collection:
NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day Collection
Title:
The Eskimo Nebula from the Newly Fixed Hubble
Explanation:
In 1787, astronomer William Herschel [ http://www.windows.…] discovered the Eskimo Nebula [ http://www.seds.org…]. From the ground, NGC 2392 resembles a person's head surrounded by a parka [ http://www.oregonli…] hood. In 2000, just after being fixed [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…], the Hubble Space Telescope [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] imaged the Eskimo Nebula. From space, the nebula displays gas clouds so complex they are not fully understood. The Eskimo Nebula [ http://adsabs.harva…] is clearly a planetary nebula [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…], and the gas seen above composed the outer layers of a Sun-like star only 10,000 years ago. The inner filaments visible above [ http://oposite.stsc…] are being ejected by strong wind [ http://www-istp.gsf…] of particles from the central star. The outer disk contains unusual light-year long orange filaments. The Eskimo Nebula lies about 5000 light-year [ http://www.treasure…]s away and is visible with a small telescope in the constellation [ http://www.emufarm.…] of Gemini [ http://www.astro.wi…].
Credit and Copyright:
Andrew Fruchter [ http://www.stsci.ed…] (STScI [ http://www.stsci.ed…]) et al., WFPC2, HST, NASA [ http://www.nasa.gov/]
keyword:
NGC 2392
keyword:
Eskimo Nebula
keyword:
planetary nebula
facet_when:
1787
facet_when:
2000
facet_where:
Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
facet_what:
Sun
facet_what:
Gemini
facet_what:
nebula
facet_what:
Hubble Space Telescope (HST)
facet_when_year:
1787
facet_when_year:
2000
original url:
http://antwrp.gsfc.…
UID:
SPD-APOD-ap000124

The Eskimo Nebula from the Newly Fixed Hubble
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