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September 12th, 2014

M57 The Ring Nebula

2300 light years away in the constellation of Lyra lurks the beautiful Ring Nebula, otherwise known as Messier 57. This amazing object is a planetary nebula, possibly one of the most misleading terms in astronomy as it isn’t really a nebula nor does it have anything to do with planets. It is the result of […]

M57 The Ring Nebula

2300 light years away in the constellation of Lyra lurks the beautiful Ring Nebula, otherwise known as Messier 57. This amazing object is a planetary nebula, possibly one of the most misleading terms in astronomy as it isn’t really a nebula nor does it have anything to do with planets. It is the result of an old red giant star that is in its death throes, expelling it’s outer layers into deep space. This leaves a huge expanding shell of energetic plasma, giving us this truly beautiful image. I makes a perfect desktop wallpaper for any astronomer.

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