Mysterious object He2-90
Astronomers using NASA Hubble Space Telescope stumbled upon a mysterious object that grudgingly yielded clues to its identity. The object is classified as a planetary nebula, the glowing remains of a dying, lightweight star.
- Date
- 1999-12-01
- Photographer / author
- NASA, Raghvendra Sahai NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Lars-Ake Nyman European Southern Observatory Chile & Onsala Space Observatory, Sweden
- Collection
- JPL
- Archive
- NASA Image and Video Library
- Type
- photograph
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"Mysterious object He2-90" (1999-12-01). NASA/JPL/NASA, Raghvendra Sahai NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Lars-Ake Nyman European Southern Observatory Chile & Onsala Space Observatory, Sweden. Public domain. https://images.nasa.gov/details/PIA04214Need photos for a whole script? Add Find Any Photo to Claude and ask for this one by its id: 17648.
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