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Butterfly Nebula (NGC 6302) lithograph
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CONTENTS
- Photo taken by the Hubble Space Telescope
This image from the Hubble Space Telescope shows a planetary nebula, the glowing remains of a dying star that was about five times the mass of the Sun. The glowing gas is the star’s outer layers, expelled about 2,200 years ago.
- Facts of interest about the image
The “butterfly” stretches for more than two light-years, which is about half the distance from the Sun to the nearest star, Alpha Centauri.
- Classroom activity
Included is an inquiry-based classroom activity that focuses
on the image and text.
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