Abell 30 Planetary Nebula, Brandon Pimenta

Abell 30 Planetary Nebula

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Abell 30 is a planetary nebula in Cancer near the open cluster M44. It is the most well-studied Abell PN, and is known for being "born again", the death rattle of a dying AGB star. This image just shows the striking nuclear region of this PN Geckzilla dubbed the Green Cross Nebula. It is in fact surrounded by "petals" like M57 and that is surrounded with an outer "bubble". There is some OIII WFC3 data in the archives that shows the full PN but the FITS file is simply too big for my computer to handle.

R: F588N. G: F502N. B: F469N. Data from Hubble Legacy Archive.

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Abell 30 Planetary Nebula, Brandon Pimenta