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gary
28-08-2015, 11:25 AM
NASA/ESA released yesterday this stunning new image taken by the Hubble Space Telescope (https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic1518a/)
of planetary nebula PN M2-9, nicknamed the "Twin Jet Nebula" -

https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic1518a/

Press Release here -
https://www.spacetelescope.org/news/heic1518/

Video background here -
https://www.spacetelescope.org/videos/heic1518a/

PCH
28-08-2015, 11:51 AM
F f f f far out!!!

That is stunning! No other word to describe it.

xelasnave
28-08-2015, 11:55 AM
Thanks Gary
I had not considered age for this type of object strangely but finding it to be so young is a surprise.

Slawomir
28-08-2015, 01:01 PM
Thank you for sharing Gary. A unique photograph, but there is some colour gradient noticeable on the stars, they should have used PI for data processing ;)

wasyoungonce
28-08-2015, 06:33 PM
Absolutely stunning!:eyepop:

Somnium
29-08-2015, 11:03 PM
wow that is amazing

blindman
31-08-2015, 05:11 PM
Nice cartoon :-)

RickS
31-08-2015, 08:33 PM
Very cool! Thanks, Gary.