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Otherwise known as IRAS 17150-3224, add this list of things which probably look amazing up close but this is the best we have for now, which I should say is pretty good for how apparently small this object is.
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English: Otherwise known as IRAS 17150-3224, add this list of things which probably look amazing up close but this is the best we have for now, which I should say is pretty good for how apparently small this object is. Hubble could get a little better look at it with one of the newer instruments, which I'd love to see but won't hold my breath for. Update: Actually, I think if we look at the Egg Nebula we get a pretty good idea about this one. They seem surprisingly similar!
It's tiny but very well-defined. The beams of light are intense and the cast shadows are unusually easy to see. Lots of dust! Can't say I understand why it's called Cotton Candy. The tight wrapping of dust around the core makes me think of a corset. For some reason the HubbleSite release of this image is kinda messed up. Not sure what happened there. Red: hst_06364_13_wfpc2_f814w_pc_sci Green: hst_06565_02_wfpc2_f606w_pc_sci Blue: hst_06364_13_wfpc2_f450w_pc_sci North is up |
| Date | Taken on 19 October 2013, 18:39:47 |
| Source | Cotton Candy Nebula |
| Author | geckzilla |
| Flickr sets | all astronomy; Preplanetary Nebulas; Hubble Processing |
| Flickr tags | hubble; preplanetarynebula; hst; hla; nebula; protoplanetarynebula; cottoncandynebula |
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