Hubble Offers a Dazzling 'Necklace' (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

Hubble Offers a Dazzling 'Necklace'

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A giant cosmic necklace glows brightly in this NASA Hubble Space Telescope image. The object, aptly named the Necklace Nebula, is a recently discovered planetary nebula, the glowing remains of an ordinary, Sun-like star. The nebula consists of a bright ring, measuring 12 trillion miles wide, dotted with dense, bright knots of gas that resemble diamonds in a necklace.

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NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA) Donna Weaver / Ray Villard dweaver@stsci.edu / villard@stsci.edu 410-338-4493 / 410-338-4514

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