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<blockquote style="position: relative; padding-left: 55px;"><section><a href="https://astrodon.social/users/kellylepo/statuses/110860902749320609">Kelly Lepo (kellylepo@astrodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 19-Dec-2023 15:06:19 JST</a><a href="https://astrodon.social/@kellylepo" title="kellylepo@astrodon.social"><img src="https://gnusocial.jp/avatar/28639-48-20221116180105.webp" width="48" height="48" alt="Kelly Lepo" style="position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0;">Kelly Lepo</a></section><article><p>Another <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/Hubble" rel="tag">#Hubble</a> favorite.</p><p>NGC 6302, the Butterfly Nebula, is a planetary nebula. Planetary nebulas have nothing to do with planets. Instead, they are created at the end of the lifetime of a Sun-like star, as it puffs off its outer layers.</p><p>The pinched waist, hourglass-shaped outflows, and symmetrical patterns of the Butterfly Nebula were likely created by interactions between a dying star and its binary star companion in the heart of the nebula.</p><p>More: <a href="https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/2020/news-2020-31" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/2020/news-2020-31</a><br><a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/Astronomy" rel="tag">#Astronomy</a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/Nebula" rel="tag">#Nebula</a></p></article><footer><a rel="bookmark" href="https://gnusocial.jp/conversation/2472040#notice-4890951">In conversation</a><time datetime="2023-12-19T15:06:19+09:00" title="Tuesday, 19-Dec-2023 15:06:19 JST">about a year ago</time> <span>from <span><a href="https://astrodon.social/@kellylepo/110860902749320609" rel="external" title="Sent from astrodon.social via ActivityPub">astrodon.social</a></span></span><a href="https://astrodon.social/@kellylepo/110860902749320609">permalink</a><h4>Attachments</h4><ol><li><label><a rel="external" href="https://gnusocial.jp/attachment/1986391">Undulating clouds of colorful gas form an hourglass-shaped nebula resembling butterfly wings. The two wing-shaped structures appear to be joined in the middle by a long, slender black region that resembles the butterfly’s body. The gas plumes that make up the wings have a vibrant mix of green, blue, and pink. Most of the green is at the outermost areas of the wings, while the pink is concentrated toward the interior. Purple and blue hues highlight the divide between the inner pink and outer green areas. There is a long, narrow region of pink that stretches from the top of the right wing and curves down to the bottom of the left wing, forming a subtle S shape. The image contains many background stars that appear as small white dots, as well as a few foreground stars that appear reddish and have four diffraction spikes that radiate from their centers.</a></label><br><a href="https://cdn.masto.host/astrodonsocial/media_attachments/files/110/860/789/171/188/439/original/a76d14668003aee1.png" rel="external">https://cdn.masto.host/astrodonsocial/media_attachments/files/110/860/789/171/188/439/original/a76d14668003aee1.png</a></li><li><label><a rel="external" href="https://gnusocial.jp/attachment/1986392">Untitled attachment</a></label><br></li></ol></footer></blockquote>

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Kelly Lepo (kellylepo@astrodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 19-Dec-2023 15:06:19 JST Kelly Lepo
Another #Hubble favorite.
NGC 6302, the Butterfly Nebula, is a planetary nebula. Planetary nebulas have nothing to do with planets. Instead, they are created at the end of the lifetime of a Sun-like star, as it puffs off its outer layers.
The pinched waist, hourglass-shaped outflows, and symmetrical patterns of the Butterfly Nebula were likely created by interactions between a dying star and its binary star companion in the heart of the nebula.
More: https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/2020/news-2020-31
#Astronomy #Nebula
In conversationabout a year ago from astrodon.socialpermalink
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1. Undulating clouds of colorful gas form an hourglass-shaped nebula resembling butterfly wings. The two wing-shaped structures appear to be joined in the middle by a long, slender black region that resembles the butterfly’s body. The gas plumes that make up the wings have a vibrant mix of green, blue, and pink. Most of the green is at the outermost areas of the wings, while the pink is concentrated toward the interior. Purple and blue hues highlight the divide between the inner pink and outer green areas. There is a long, narrow region of pink that stretches from the top of the right wing and curves down to the bottom of the left wing, forming a subtle S shape. The image contains many background stars that appear as small white dots, as well as a few foreground stars that appear reddish and have four diffraction spikes that radiate from their centers.
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