Posts Tagged ‘NGC 3132’

Eight-Burst

07 July 2011 Written by CritterKeeper 0 Comments

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

Shaped like the num­ber eight, astronomers in the south­ern hemi­sphere call this the Eight-Burst or the South­ern Ring Neb­ula. NGC 3132 is a plan­e­tary neb­ula. The name “plan­e­tary neb­ula” refers to the shape of the neb­ula. Astronomers in the 17th and 18th cen­turies found many objects in the night sky that resem­bled plan­ets. But the expand­ing shells of gas and dust are all that is left of a star that has reached the end of its life.

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Eight-Burst

12 January 2010 Written by CritterKeeper 1 Comment

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

Shaped like the num­ber eight, astronomers in the south­ern hemi­sphere call this the Eight-Burst or the South­ern Ring Neb­ula. NGC 3132 is a plan­e­tary neb­ula. The name “plan­e­tary neb­ula” refers to the shape of the neb­ula. Astronomers in the 17th and 18th cen­turies found many objects in the night sky that resem­bled plan­ets. But the expand­ing shells of gas and dust are all that is left of a star that has reached the end of its life.

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