Pic Of The Day 22nd March

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Todays pic is a stunning view of a nebula.:)

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Little Ghost Nebula

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has recently obtained images of the planetary nebula NGC 6369. This object is known to amateur astronomers as the "Little Ghost Nebula," because it appears as a small, ghostly cloud surrounding the faint, dying central star. NGC 6369 lies in the direction of the constellation Ophiuchus, at a distance estimated to be between about 2,000 and 5,000 light-years from Earth.

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

This is another one of those that the page the article is taken from can be found here, also available on this page is a series of links from which larger images can be found.:) Images range from just 13.6K up to 6.03MB:eek:


Previous Pic Of The Day posts

21st Mar 03
20th Mar 03
19th Mar 03Courtesy of Mark G
18th Mar 03
17th Mar 03
16th Mar 03
15th Mar 03
 
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