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Image: Iridescent Glory of Nearby Helix Nebula

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Iridescent Glory of Nearby Helix Nebula
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Description: This detailed picture of the Helix Nebula shows a fine web of filaments, like the spokes of a bicycle, embedded in the colorful red and blue gas ring around this dying star. The Helix Nebula is one of the nearest planetary nebulae to Earth, only 650 light years away.
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Copyright: NASA, NOAO, ESA, the Hubble Helix Nebula Team, M. Meixner (STScI), and T.A. Rector (NRAO).
Date added: 28 September 2012
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