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The 'Rotten Egg' Nebula - a Planetary Nebula in the Making

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This black-and-white image was taken with one NICMOS infrared filter. That image is able to show more clearly the faint detail and structure in the nebula than can be achieved with the colour composites.

Credit: NASA, ESA, William B. Latter (SIRTF Science Center/California Institute of Technology), John H. Bieging (University of Arizona), Casey Meakin (University of Arizona), A.G.G.M. Tielens (Kapteyn Astronomical Institute), Aditya Dayal (IPAC/NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory), Joseph L. Hora (Center for Astrophysics), and DouglasM. Kelly (University of Arizona)

 

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Id:heic9903b / opo9939
Object:IRAS 07399-1435, Rotten Egg Nebula, Calabash Nebula
Type:Nebula
Instru-ment:NICMOS
Width:731
Height:199

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