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General Science / Re: Science Photo of the Week
« on: 16/05/2004 14:30:58 »Dying Star Sculpts Rungs of Gas and Dust
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Astronomers may not have observed the fabled "Stairway to Heaven," but
they have photographed something almost as intriguing: ladder-like
structures surrounding a dying star. A new image, taken with NASA's
Hubble Space Telescope, reveals startling new details of one of the
most unusual nebulae known in our Milky Way. Cataloged as HD 44179,
this nebula is more commonly called the "Red Rectangle" because of its
unique shape and color as seen with ground-based telescopes.
I acknowldege that I 'borrowed' this info from the hubble website and
that I did not take this picture myself....my ladder is just not long
enough !!
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