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Originally Posted by Geoff45
There is also some intriguing stuff near the PN. The red object to the right and the arc of stars to the left which includes another reddish object.
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Hi Geoff,
This ESO VLT image shows the red filaments in more detail.
The caption reads that "it is likely that a very rare pair of white dwarf stars
lies at the heart of this object. Their orbital motions can fully explain the
remarkably symmetric structures of the jets in the surrounding gas clouds
in this and similar objects."
It's interesting to compare Paul's image with the VLT one :-
https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1244a/