AllanICarswellObservatoryMar 7
Happy Space Science Saturday! This glowing orb of gas, officially known as NGC 7662, is a planetary nebula formed when a Sun-like star shed its outer layers near the end of its life. The intense blue colour comes from ionized oxygen glowing under ultraviolet radiation from the hot stellar core left behind.
Located ~5,600 light-years away in the constellation Andromeda, this compact nebula is a favourite target for both professional and amateur astronomers.
#Nebula #PlanetaryNebula #BlueSnowballNebula #NGC7662 #Andromeda #SpaceExploration #Space #Astronomer #Planets #Stars #Science #Physics #Toronto #YorkUObservatory #AICO #YorkU #SpaceScienceSaturday #Telescope #Astronomy #AllanICarswellObservatory #Research #ScienceOutreach
Khurram Wadee ✅Mar 4

#Shapley 1: An #AnnularPlanetaryNebula
#Astronomy #Picture of the Day

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap260304.html

#APOD #PlanetaryNebula #Nebula

Unofficial PetaPixel BotFeb 25
Webb’s Latest Photos Are Among its Most Incredible Yet https://petapixel.com/2026/02/25/webbs-latest-photos-are-among-its-most-incredible-yet/ #jameswebbspacetelescope #planetarynebula #science #spitzer #nebula #Space #space #News #jwst #NASA #webb
Webb's Latest Photos Are Among its Most Incredible Yet

How far we have come.

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Melina ThévenotFeb 25

Planetary Nebula PMR 1 with #JWST NIRCam.

It contains a Wolf-Rayet star at its center.

Filters: F150W (blue), F187N (hydrogen line Paschen-alpha in green), F444W (orange), F470N (molecular hydrogen in red)

see also NIRCam filters: https://jwst-docs.stsci.edu/jwst-near-infrared-camera/nircam-instrumentation/nircam-filters#gsc.tab=0

program: https://www.stsci.edu/jwst-program-info/program/?program=9224

PI: Macarena Garcia Marin

#wolfrayet #planetarynebula #astronomy #science #space #nebula

earthlingFeb 6

The very faint planetary nebula, known as Abell 7, is about 1,800 light-years from Earth. It is located just south of Orion toward the constellation Lepus, The Hare. Posing against the Milky Way stars, its simple spherical shape about 8 light-years in diameter is revealed in this deep telescopic image.

Image Credit & Copyright: Martin Pugh

#astrophotography
#PlanetaryNebula
#Abell7
#APOD

Khurram Wadee ✅Feb 3

#RedSpiderPlanetaryNebula from #Webb
#Astronomy #Picture of the Day

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap260203.html

#APOD #JWST #PlanetaryNebula #Nebula

OptimusPrimeBotJan 29

Planetary Nebula NGC 6072 - NASA/ESA JWST Space Telescope 🪐

#astronomy #esa #jwst #nasa #ngc6072 #planetarynebula #space

▶️ 1 new picture from @andrealuck https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Planetary_Nebula_NGC_6072_-_NASA-ESA_JWST_Space_Telescope_%2854697104186%29.jpg

Khurram Wadee ✅Jan 23

#PlanetaryNebula #Abell7
#Astronomy #Picture of the Day

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap260123.html

#APOD #Nebula

earthlingJan 23

Planetary Nebula Abell 7

Very faint planetary nebula Abell 7 is about 1,800 light-years distant. It lies just south of Orion in planet Earth's skies toward the constellation Lepus, The Hare. Posing with scattered Milky Way stars, its generally simple spherical shape about 8 light-years in diameter is revealed in this deep telescopic image.

Image Credit & Copyright: Martin Pugh

#astrophotography
#PlanetaryNebula
#Abdell7
#APOD

PicturavisJan 3
NGC 2392

My interpretation of Hubble Space Telescope data on NGC 2392. It combines UV with visible light.

This planetary nebula is about 6500 light-years away and consists of gases ejected by the O-type star in its center. When comparing this image from 2006/2007 with a previous image from 1999 (see e.g., Wikipedia), one can see slight changes in the filaments of the nebula as it expands.

Telescope: HST/WFPC2/PC
Proposal ID: 10822/11122
Release date: 25.09.2006/21.09.2007
Filters: F185W (blue), F502N (blue), F656N (green), F658N (red)
Processing: #Siril, #GIMP, #GMIC, #GraXpert

#NGC2392 #HST #Hubble #WFPC2 #PlanetaryNebula #Nebula #SpaceTelescope #astrophotography #DeepSky #DigiKam