Egg Nebula

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The Egg Nebula (also known as CRL2688) is a planetary nebula located roughly at 3,000 light-years away from Earth. It was discovered by Raghvendra Sahai and John Trauger of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. CRL2688 press release was distributed on January 16, 1996.

The Egg Nebula was photographed by the Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 of the Hubble Space Telescope.

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References

  1. Hubble Finds Searchlight Beams and Multiple Arcs around a Dying Star. STScI Press release: Space Telescope Science Institute. January 16, 1996.
  2. Hubble Hatches Image of Rotten Egg Nebula Shock. Press release: NASA. August 24, 2001.


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