The Silkworm Nebula
The Hubble Space Telescope's Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2has captured images of the birth of two planetary nebulae as they emerge from wrappings of gas and dust, like butterflies breaking out of their cocoons.
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About the Image
NASA press release
NASA caption
NASA caption
| Id: | opo9811g |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 19 March 1998, 06:00 |
| Size: | 512 x 512 px |
About the Object
| Name: | IRAS 17441-2411, Silkworm Nebula |
| Type: | • Milky Way : Nebula : Type : Planetary |
| Distance: | 6500 light years |
Colours & filters
| Band | Wavelength | Telescope |
| Optical V |
555 nm | Hubble Space Telescope WFPC2 |
| Infrared I |
814 nm | Hubble Space Telescope WFPC2 |
