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Butterfly Nebula, NGC 6302

This beautifully detailed photo appeared on Astronomy Picture of the Day for 21/7/20.

It was taken by the Hubble Space Telescope and shows the Butterfly Nebula, NGC 6302, with emissions by iron atoms in red.

Butterfly Nebula, NGC 6302

The Butterfly Nebula

Astronomy Picture of the Day for 13/11/11, this is the Butterfly Nebula.

It could be a lovely translucent hour glass.

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