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NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day Collection
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NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day Collection
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The Planetary Nebula Show
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The Planetary Nebula Show
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What do the Owl, the Cat's Eye, the Ghost of Jupiter, and Saturn have in common? They're all planetary nebulae [ http://ad.usno.navy…] of course(!), glowing gaseous shrouds shed by dying sun-like stars as they run out [ http://www.astro.wa…] of nuclear fuel. Beautiful to look at [ http://www.ucalgary…], the symmetric, planet-like shapes [ http://www.seds.org…] of these cosmic clouds [ http://www.ipac.cal…images_pne.html ], typically 1,000 times the size of our solar system [ http://www.cismall.…], evoke their popular names. Flipping through [ http://www.noao.edu…pn.html ] digital pictures made by participants in the Kitt Peak National Observatory Visitor Center's Advanced Observing Program [ http://www.noao.edu…], astronomer Adam Block created [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] this delightful animation. Ten different planetary nebula images are presented, each registered on the central star. In order, their catalog designations are NGC 1535 [ http://www.noao.edu…], NGC 3242 [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] (Ghost of Jupiter), NGC 6543 [ http://home.achille…Nebulium.html ] (Cat's Eye), NGC 7009 [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] (Saturn Nebula), NGC 2438 [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…], NGC 6772 [ http://www.noao.edu…], Abell 39 [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…], NGC 7139 [ http://www.noao.edu…], NGC 6781 [ http://www.noao.edu…], and M97 [ http://www.noao.edu…m97.html ] (Owl Nebula). This glorious final phase [ http://oposite.stsc…astrofile1.html ] in the life of a star lasts only about 10,000 years.
Explanation
What do the Owl, the Cat's Eye, the Ghost of Jupiter, and Saturn have in common? They're all planetary nebulae [ http://ad.usno.navy…] of course(!), glowing gaseous shrouds shed by dying sun-like stars as they run out [ http://www.astro.wa…] of nuclear fuel. Beautiful to look at [ http://www.ucalgary…], the symmetric, planet-like shapes [ http://www.seds.org…] of these cosmic clouds [ http://www.ipac.cal…images_pne.html ], typically 1,000 times the size of our solar system [ http://www.cismall.…], evoke their popular names. Flipping through [ http://www.noao.edu…pn.html ] digital pictures made by participants in the Kitt Peak National Observatory Visitor Center's Advanced Observing Program [ http://www.noao.edu…], astronomer Adam Block created [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] this delightful animation. Ten different planetary nebula images are presented, each registered on the central star. In order, their catalog designations are NGC 1535 [ http://www.noao.edu…], NGC 3242 [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] (Ghost of Jupiter), NGC 6543 [ http://home.achille…Nebulium.html ] (Cat's Eye), NGC 7009 [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] (Saturn Nebula), NGC 2438 [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…], NGC 6772 [ http://www.noao.edu…], Abell 39 [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…], NGC 7139 [ http://www.noao.edu…], NGC 6781 [ http://www.noao.edu…], and M97 [ http://www.noao.edu…m97.html ] (Owl Nebula). This glorious final phase [ http://oposite.stsc…astrofile1.html ] in the life of a star lasts only about 10,000 years. Explanation
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planetary nebula
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planetary nebula
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ngc 1535
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ngc 3242
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ngc 6543
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ngc 7009
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ngc 2438
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ngc 6772
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abell 39
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NGC 7139
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NGC 6781
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M97
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Saturn
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Saturn
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Jupiter
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Jupiter
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Washington
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Washington
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Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
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Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
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Sun
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Sun
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Saturn
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Saturn
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Jupiter
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Jupiter
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nebula
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nebula
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planetary nebula
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planetary nebula
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SPD-APOD-ap011003
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SPD-APOD-ap011003
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