A planetary in the Hare

Vikas Chander from New Delhi, India The faint planetary nebula Abell 7 in Lepus the Hare has an overall spherical appearance — the result of a dying star blowing its outer layers off into space. But deep narrowband imaging reveals complex detail in this expanding shell. For this Hα/OIII/RGB image, the photographer captured 67⅓ hoursContinue reading “A planetary in the Hare”
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