UV Image of the Helix Nebula

Autor/Urheber:

NASA/JPL-Caltech/SSC

Shortlink:

https://dewiki.de/b/26296a

Quelle:

Wikimedia Commons

Größe:

2448 x 1880 Pixel (1981293 Bytes)

Beschreibung:

Ultraviolet image of the planetary nebula NGC 7293 also known as the Helix Nebula. It is the nearest example of what happens to a star, like our own Sun, as it approaches the end of its life when it runs out of fuel, expels gas outward and evolves into a much hotter, smaller and denser white dwarf star.

Lizenz:

Public domain

Credit:

http://www.galex.caltech.edu/media/glx2005-02r_img03.html

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