Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Lynx (Lyn)
Jones-Emberson 1 - 2019, Gary Imm
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Jones-Emberson 1 - 2019

Jones-Emberson 1 - 2019, Gary Imm
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Jones-Emberson 1 - 2019

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This object, also known as PK164+31.1, is a large planetary nebula located 1600 light years away in the constellation of Lynx. Its diameter is 4 light years across. Like all planetary nebulae, it is comprised of the outer gas layers blown off of a dying star. In this image, the red gas is hydrogen and the cyan gas is oxygen. In the very center of the nebula is the tiny remaining white dwarf of a star, only about the size of the earth. This white dwarf emits vast amounts of energy which ionizes the gas cloud, causing it to glow.

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