Astronomers have used the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope and ESO's New Technology Telescope to explore more than 100 planetary nebulae in the central bulge of our galaxy. They have found that butterfly-shaped members of this cosmic family tend to be mysteriously aligned — a surprising result given their different histories and varied properties.
The release, images and videos are available on:
http://www.spacetelescope.org/news/heic1316/
Kind regards,
ESA/Hubble Information Centre
The ESO Education and Public Outreach Department
4 September 2013
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