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NGC 6559, the Chinese Dragon Nebula, Charles Pevsner
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NGC 6559, the Chinese Dragon Nebula

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NGC 6559, the Chinese Dragon Nebula

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The fine scribbles of black in the surrounding glow of ionized hydrogen, oxygen, and sulfur are relatively cool clouds of molecular gas, twisted into intricate shapes both by radiation pressure and by gravitational turbulence from nearby stars, gas, and dust.

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    NGC 6559, the Chinese Dragon Nebula, Charles Pevsner
    Original
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    NGC 6559, the Chinese Dragon Nebula, Charles Pevsner
    B

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NGC 6559, the Chinese Dragon Nebula, Charles Pevsner