Hubble 5 illustration
The end of a Sun-like star's life was once thought to be simple: the star gracefully casts off a shell of glowing gas and then settles into a long retirement as a burned-out white dwarf, as shown in this illustration.
Credit:NASA & ESA
About the Image
About the Object
Name: | Hubble 5 |
Type: | Milky Way : Nebula |
Distance: | 2200 light years |
Category: | Nebulae |
Colours & filters
Band | Telescope |
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Hubble Space Telescope
WFPC2 |