Gemini image captures elegant beauty of planetary nebula discovered by amateur astronomer

Tuesday, July 26, 2011 - 05:00 in Astronomy & Space

(PhysOrg.com) -- In a partnership between amateur and professional astronomers, the recent discovery of a dying star’s last gasps could help resolve a decades-old debate among astronomers. That is, are stellar companions key to the formation and structure of planetary nebulae?

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