Astronomy Picture of the Day

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                                2022 July 14
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                         Webb's Southern Ring Nebula
         Image Credit: [3]NASA, [4]ESA, [5]CSA, [6]STScI, [7]NIRCam

   Explanation: [8]Cataloged as NGC 3132 the Southern Ring Nebula is a
   [9]planetary nebula, the death shroud of a dying sun-like star some
   2,500 light-years from Earth. Composed of gas and dust the stunning
   cosmic landscape is nearly half a light-year in diameter, explored in
   unprecedented detail by the [10]James Webb Space Telescope. In this
   NIRCam image the bright star near center is a companion of the dying
   star. In mutual orbit, the star whose transformation has ejected the
   nebula's gas and dust shells over thousands of years is the fainter
   stellar partner. Evolving to become a white dwarf, the faint star
   appears along the [11]diffraction spike extending toward the 8 o'clock
   position. This stellar pair's orbital motion has resulted the complex
   structures within the Southern Ring Nebula.

                    Tomorrow's picture: Clavius and Tycho
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References

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