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Capture the cosmos > Stellar evolution > Fast Facts: Butterfly Nebula
| Name | Butterfly Nebula, NGC 6302, also called the Bug Nebula |
| Description | A planetary nebula formed by a dying star originally about 5 times the mass of the Sun |
| Location | The planetary nebula is found in the constellation Scorpius, in the Southern Hemisphere. |
| Distance from Earth |
3,800 light-years |
| Size | 2.7 light-years across |
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A butterfly shape emerges from stellar demise in a planetary nebula.
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Capture the cosmos > Stellar evolution > Fast Facts: Butterfly Nebula