The Extended Region Around the Planetary Nebula NGC 3242
This ultraviolet image from NASA Galaxy Evolution Explorer shows NGC 3242, a planetary nebula frequently referred to as Jupiter Ghost. The small circular white and blue area at the center of the image is the well-known portion of the nebula.
- Date
- 2009-04-03
- Photographer / author
- NASA/JPL-Caltech
- Collection
- JPL
- Archive
- NASA Image and Video Library
- Type
- photograph
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"The Extended Region Around the Planetary Nebula NGC 3242" (2009-04-03). NASA/JPL/NASA/JPL-Caltech. Public domain. https://images.nasa.gov/details/PIA11968Need photos for a whole script? Add Find Any Photo to Claude and ask for this one by its id: 16022.
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