Science Source Stock Photo - Butterfly Nebula NGC 6302

Butterfly Nebula NGC 6302

Description: NGC 6302, more popularly called the Bug Nebula or the Butterfly Nebula, lies within our Milky Way galaxy, roughly 3800 light-years away in the constellation of Scorpius. This celestial object looks like a delicate butterfly, but it is far from serene. What resemble dainty butterfly's wings are actually roiling cauldrons of gas heated to nearly 20, 000 degrees Celsius. A dying star that was once about five times the mass of the Sun lies at its center. The image was taken by the Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3) aboard the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope.

Credit:

NASA, ESA, and the Hubble SM4 ERO Team/Science Source

Unique identifier: SS2578813

Legacy Identifier: BY7571

Type: Image

Size: 3527px × 4110px (~41 MB)

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