The Blue Snowball Planetary Nebula
by Adam Block/science Photo Library
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The Blue Snowball Planetary Nebula
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Adam Block/science Photo Library
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The Blue Snowball Nebula, or NGC7662, is a planetary nebula in the constellation Andromeda, located about 5600 light years from Earth. The nebula is an expanding shell of glowing gas that has been ejected by a dying, low-mass star. Planetary nebulae are relatively short-lived phenomena, lasting a few tens of thousands of years, compared to a typical stellar lifetime of several billion years.
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February 22nd, 2021
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