In celebration of the 34th anniversary of the launch of NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers took a snapshot of the Little Dumbbell Nebula, also known as Messier 76, or M76, located 3,400 light-years away in the northern circumpolar constellation Perseus.
The name 'Little Dumbbell' comes from its shape that is a two-lobed structure of colorful, mottled, glowing gases resembling a balloon that’s been pinched around a middle waist.
Like an inflating balloon, the lobes are expanding into space from a dying star seen as a white dot in the center.
Blistering ultraviolet radiation from the super-hot star is causing the gases to glow.
The red color is from nitrogen, and blue is from oxygen.Image Credit: NASA, ESA, STScIRead More.
Image Credits - NASA
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