• Public

  • Public
  • Network
  • Groups
  • Featured
  • Popular
  • People

A supernova remnant. The center of the image contains a dense green cloud, shaped like a keyhole. Within this keyhole, there is a dark spot, composed of even denser gas. Outside of this cloud of gas is a ring of dense orange gas and dust that becomes more diffused as it travels further away from the center. The innermost part of this dense orange ring contains brighter orange clumps of glowing gas, which look like pearls on a necklace. Outside of these structures, both above and below them, are very faint orange rings of gas and dust, forming a figure-eight pattern. There are several bright white stars, three of which show a six-pronged diffraction pattern brought about by the Webb Space Telescope. Several other white stars are strewn throughout the image.