R Aquarii Nebula (IMAGE)

Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC)

R Aquarii Nebula

Caption

Image of the R Aquarii nebula taken with the Nordic Optical Telescope (NOT) at the Observatory of Roque de los Muchachos (ORM) in La Palma. Colours indicate different ionization stages of the same chemical element, oxygen.

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R. Corradi - Daniel López.

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