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Starfish

19 February 2010 Written by CritterKeeper 0 Comments

Credit: NASA, ESA, and The Hub­ble Her­itage Team (STScI/AURA)

Six lobes of gas and dust out­line the legs of a starfish in this image of plan­e­tary neb­ula He 2–47. The neb­ula puffed off mate­r­ial at least three times at the end of its life, fir­ing off jets of gas in oppo­site directions.

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