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NGC 6302 (also known as the Bug Nebula, Butterfly Nebula, or Caldwell 69) is a bipolar planetary nebula in the constellation Scorpius.The structure in the nebula is among the most complex ever seen in planetary nebulae.
NGC 2346 is a planetary nebula near the celestial equator in the constellation of Monoceros, [5] less than a degree to the ESE of Delta Monocerotis. [6] It is informally known as the Butterfly Nebula. [3] The nebula is bright and conspicuous with a visual magnitude of 9.6, [3] and has been extensively studied.
This bipolar nebula takes the peculiar form of twin lobes of material that emanate from a central star. Astronomers have dubbed this object as the Twin Jet Nebula because of the jets believed to cause the shape of the lobes. Its form also resembles the wings of a butterfly. The nebula was imaged by the Hubble Space Telescope in the 1990s.
The Butterfly nebula imaged by WFC3 in 2009 WFC3 infrared view of the Horsehead nebula. The instrument is designed to be a versatile camera capable of imaging astronomical targets over a very wide wavelength range and with a large field of view. It is a fourth-generation instrument for Hubble.
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NGC 2440 is a planetary nebula, one of many in our galaxy. Its central star, HD 62166, [1] is possibly the hottest known white dwarf, about 400,000°F(200,000°C). The nebula is situated in the constellation Puppis. It was discovered by William Herschel on March 4, 1790. He described it as "a beautiful planetary nebula of a considerable degree ...
Butterfly Nebula may refer to: Planetary Nebula M2-9; NGC 6302, a bipolar planetary nebula in the constellation Scorpius; NGC 2346; Little Dumbbell Nebula; Sadr Region
Visible light Hubble image (blue) showing newly formed young stars overlaid with a radio image from the Atacama Large Millimeter Array showing the clouds of dense cold gas from which new stars form (red, pink and yellow) Streams of stars and dust, resembling insect antennae, being ejected from both galaxies. The name Antennae Galaxies comes ...