File:The planetary nebula Fleming 1 seen with ESO’s Very Large Telescope (8178636499).jpg

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This new ESO Very Large Telescope image shows the planetary nebula Fleming 1 in the constellation of Centaurus (The Centaur). This striking object is a glowing cloud of gas around a dying star. New observations have shown that it is likely that a very rare pair of white dwarf stars lies at the heart of this object. Their orbital motions can fully explain the remarkably symmetric structures of the jets in the surrounding gas clouds in this and similar objects.

More information: <a href="http://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1244a/" rel="nofollow">www.eso.org/public/images/eso1244a/</a>

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Source The planetary nebula Fleming 1 seen with ESO’s Very Large Telescope
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This image was originally posted to Flickr by European Southern Observatory at https://flickr.com/photos/51207680@N04/8178636499. It was reviewed on 2 June 2018 by FlickreviewR 2 and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the cc-by-2.0.

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