The shimmering colours visible in this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image show off the remarkable complexity of the Twin Jet Nebula. The new image highlights the nebula’s shells and its knots of expanding gas in striking detail. Two iridescent lobes of material stretch outwards from a central star system. Within these lobes two huge jets of gas are streaming from the star system at speeds in excess of one million kilometres per hour.
The release, images and videos are available on:
http://www.spacetelescope.org/news/heic1518/
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ESA/Hubble Information Centre
The ESO Education and Public Outreach Department
26 August 2015
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26 August 2015: The newest Hubblecast focuses on planetary nebulae and, in particular, the spectacular Twin Jet Nebula. Observed and studied by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, many fascinating features have been ...
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