Hubble Surveys Dying Star in the Large Magellanic Cloud
From ground-based telescopes, the glowing gaseous debris surrounding dying, sun-like stars in a nearby galaxy, called the Large Magellanic Cloud, appear as small, shapeless dots of light. But through the 'eyes' of the Hubble Space Telescope, these bright dots take on a variety of shapes, from round to pinwheel-shaped clouds of gas.
Credit:D. Malin, Anglo-Australian Observatory/Royal Observatory, Edinburgh, Scotland, NASA/ESA; L. Stanghellini, R. Shaw, C. Blades, and M. Mutchler, Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, Md.; and B. Balick, University of Washington, Seattle, Wash
About the Image
About the Object
| Name: | IRAS 05240-6948, Large Magellanic Cloud, LMC, SMP 10, SMP 16, SMP 27, SMP 30, SMP 4, SMP 93 |
| Type: | Local Universe : Nebula : Type : Planetary |
| Distance: | 170000 light years |
| Category: | Galaxies Nebulae |
Colours & filters
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Hubble Space Telescope
STIS |