Hubble Snaps Images of a Nebula Within a Cluster
Thursday, January 15, 2009 - 09:36
in Astronomy & Space
The unique planetary nebula NGC 2818 is nested inside the open star cluster NGC 2818A. Both the cluster and the nebula reside over 10,000 light-years away, in the southern constellation Pyxis (the Compass). NGC 2818 is one of very few planetary nebulae in our galaxy located within an open cluster.
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