The Pencil Nebula, a Strangely Shaped Leftover from a Vast Explosion (IMAGE)

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The Pencil Nebula, a Strangely Shaped Leftover from a Vast Explosion

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The oddly shaped Pencil Nebula (NGC 2736) is pictured in this image from ESO’s La Silla Observatory in Chile. This nebula is a small part of a huge remnant left over after a supernova explosion that took place about 11 000 years ago. The image was produced by the Wide Field Imager on the MPG/ESO 2.2-meter telescope at ESO’s La Silla Observatory in Chile.

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