Thursday, April 25, 2013: Planetary nebula NGC 2438 stands out brightly at top left, while at lower right the Calabash Nebula glows very faintly as a kind of upright light-bulb shape.
The Calabash Nebula is also named the "Rotten Egg Nebula" owing to a relatively large amount of sulphur.
Image obtained Dec. 2012-Jan 2013.
Credit: Adam Block /Mount Lemmon SkyCenter /University of Arizona
The Calabash Nebula is also named the "Rotten Egg Nebula" owing to a relatively large amount of sulphur.
Image obtained Dec. 2012-Jan 2013.
Credit: Adam Block /Mount Lemmon SkyCenter /University of Arizona
The Calabash Nebula |
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