Composite image of the colorful Helix Nebula taken with the Hubble Space Telescope's Advanced Camera for Surveys and the Mosaic II Camera on the 4-meter telescope at Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in Chile. ^[1.1] Gas released by a dying star races across space at more than 600,000 miles an hour, forming the delicate shape of a celestial butterfly. ^[1.2] The image, seen below, is of planetary nebula NGC 6302, more commonly referred to as the Butterfly Nebula. ^[1.3]

The nebula is located in the constellation Scorpius, about 3,800 light years from our solar system. ^[1.4] The image shows a bipolar nebula, with streaming gas filaments expelled over the past 2,200 years. ^[1.5] According to innovations-report.com the Bug Nebula, NGC 6302, is one of the brightest and most extreme planetary nebulae known. ^[1.6]

A new Hubble image reveals fresh detail in the wings of this 'cosmic butterfly'. ^[1.7] A torus ('doughnut') shaped mass of dust surrounds the inner nebula (seen at the upper right). ^[1.8]

Chemically, the composition of the Bug Nebula also makes it one of the more interesting objects known. ^[1.9] The "butterfly," made up of glowing gas, stretches for more than two light-years within the Milky Way galaxy. ^[1.10] This image of a stellar jet in the Carina Nebula was taken by the Wide Field Camera 3 installed in the Hubble during the Atlantis's final repair mission. ^[1.11]

Butterfly Nebula' Catches Hubble's Attention (1365) ^[1.12]

Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured along with a brief explanation written by a S The Dumbbell Nebula Messier is perhaps the finest planetary nebula in the sky and was the first planetary nebula ever discovered. ^[1.13] Seen well in Classification Planetary nebula irregular. ^[1.14] While a planetary nebula will often be regular and symmetrical-looking, with the dying star visible at the centre, a supernova remnant is irregular due to the violence of the explosion. ^[1.15]

We know of several supernova remnants, most notably the Crab Nebula, also known as M1 and NGC 1952. ^[1.16] Take for example the Toby Jug Nebula, catalogued IC 2220. ^[1.17]

It's a bipolar and biconical reflection nebula surrounding the irregular variable red giant star V341 Carinae. ^[1.18]

APOD: 2005 June 12 M2 9: Wings of a Butterfly Nebula Explanation: Are stars better appreciated for their art after they die? ^[1.19]

A. APOD: 2002 November 8 NGC 6369: The Little Ghost Nebula Explanation: This pretty planetary nebula, cataloged as NGC 6369, was discovered by 18th century astronomer William Herschel as he used a telescope to explore the constellation Ophiucus. ^[1.20] Round and planet-shaped, the nebula is also relatively faint and has acquired the popular moniker of Little Ghost Nebula. ^[1.21]

The transformed white dwarf star, seen near the center, radiates strongly at ultraviolet wavelengths and powers the expanding nebula's glow. ^[1.22]

The nebula's main ring structure is about a light-year across and the glow from ionized oxygen, hydrogen, and nitrogen atoms are colored blue, green, and red respectively. ^[1.23] The Pelican Nebula, itself cataloged as IC 5070, is about 2,000 light-years away. ^[1.24]

Description: Minkowski 2-9, abbreviated M2-9, (and also known as Minkowski's Butterfly, the Wings of a Butterfly Nebula or just Butterfly Nebula, and Twin Jet Nebula) is a planetary nebula that was discovered by Rudolph Minkowski in 1947. ^[1.25] It is located about 2,100 light-years away from Earth in the direction of the constellation Ophiuchus. ^[1.26]

This bipolar nebula takes the peculiar form of twin lobes of material that emanate from a central star. ^[1.27] Its form also resembles the wings of a butterfly. ^[1.28] The total diameter of the nebula is about one-third of a light-year, or 2 trillion miles. ^[1.29] The features that look like butterfly wings are actually roiling of gas heated to more than 36,000 degrees Fahrenheit, blasted away from a dying star bigger than the sun. ^[1.30] "But dissolve to infrared and the cloud disappears. ^[1.31]

Her tiny white frocks were trimmed in gossamer laces, intricately woven, a gift from the forest spiders, and each gown gleamed and shone like glitter in the dappling sunlight, for every butterfly would swoop down and gently wipe his wing upon the cloth, leaving behind an. ^[1.32]

Nearby hot, massive stars, millions of years young, radiate the nebula with invisible ultraviolet light, stripping electrons from atoms. ^[2.1] Scientists puzzled over how an intelligent entity could control an enormous gaseous nebula, and decided that it must be done through the manipulation of magnetic fields within the cloud of gas: ^[2.2] The swirl in reality consists of light absorbing dust and gas, twisted and blown away by the radiation of young, hot stars and by gravitational interaction. ^[2.3] The largest of these areas has the vague look of a butterfly or moth so it is informally known as the Butterfly Nebula. ^[2.4] The brightest member of this cluster is actually a multiple-star system shining light that helps ionize the nebula's gas, causing the bright glow visible throughout. ^[2.5]

The lanes of dust visible left of center are likely homes of future star formation. ^[2.6]

In this colorful mosaic, filaments of gas and dust span some 9 degrees across central Cygnus, a nebula rich constellation along the northern Milky Way. ^[2.7]

The bright star Sadr (gamma cygni), is the 2nd brightest star in the constellation of Cygnus. ^[2.8]

Students from the Adelanto, Lucerne Valley and Silver Valley school districts composed representations of their favorite Hubble images: Stephan's Quintet, Pillar in Carina Nebula, Omega Centauri and the Butterfly Nebula. ^[3.1] The name comes from their similarity in appearance to gas giant planets. ^[3.2]

Formed by certain types of stars at the end of their lives, they consist of a shell of glowing gas and plasma, and tend to be a short-lived phenomenon, lasting only a few tens of thousands of years. ^[3.3] The dust lane in the center of the nebula has complex chemistry that may include the first extra-solar detection of carbonates. ^[3.4]

As both oxygen rich (silicates) and carbon rich chemistry (poly-aromatic hydrocarbons) are found in the Butterfly Nebula, the change from oxygen rich to carbon rich chemistry has occurred recently. ^[3.5] It was not until 1918 that the nebula was finally correctly categorized as what it truly is, a planetary nebula. ^[3.6] Its main body can be seen edge-on and it appears to be a bright, elliptical ring. ^[3.7]

Along the axis of the ring, the gases expand creating the "butterfly wings" of the nebula. ^[3.8]

One of the most beautiful images is one of the Butterfly Nebula, also captured by the new Wide Field Camera 3, which reveals never before seen details of mind-boggling color, wispy tendrils and veil-like clouds. ^[3.9] It's the catastrophic ending of a star explosion, and because a thick belt of dust constricts the gas outflow we see this classic hourglass or butterfly shape. ^[3.10] The object looks like a delicate butterfly, but it is far from serene. ^[3.11] It may be that the two types of nebulae are directly related, one preceding or superseding the other in the evolution of the nebula. ^[3.12]

Focusing on the Bug Nebula, also known as the Butterfly Nebula, this video highlights the difference between the imaging capability of the Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 (WFPC2) and the new Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3). ^[4.1]

IC 1318, also known as the Butterfly Nebula, is a large HII complex in the constellation Cygnus spanning across more than 150 light years of space. ^[4.2] "To make things even more confusing, the press release for the HST image of NGC 2346 is entitled " Butterfly Nebula. ^[4.3]

Winfij, imaged the Butterfly Nebula, IC 1318, BEAUTIFUL HA image, wonderful detail and processed witha touch of excellence. ^[4.4]

One of the images, which appeared with a story in the Times Record in Thursday's edition, was of the popularly named Butterfly Nebula, which was taken by the new wide field camera. ^[4.5] A new camera aboard the Hubble that was installed during the refurbishing mission snapped this image, popularly called the Bug Nebula or the Butterfly Nebula. ^[4.6]

The use of infrared allowed the team to peer through the dusty outer layers of the nebula which absorb visible light. ^[4.7]

The Butterfly Nebula is part of the nebulosity surrounding the central star in Cygnus (gamma Cygni, Sadr). ^[5.1]

The image has The Gamma cygni area of nebulosity including the Butterfly Nebula on the right leading up to the North American Nebula and the pelican Nebula. ^[5.2]

The second, smaller star of the binary orbits very closely and may even have been engulfed by the other's expanding stellar atmosphere with the resulting interaction creating the nebula. ^[6.1] Many of the unusual features of the Butterfly can be understood in terms of the central star, Other designations Minkowski's Butterfly, Twin Jet Nebula, ^[6.2] What we are witnessing is the spectacularly beautiful death of a binary star system; this is why there are twin jets, if it was just one star the nebula would be circular. ^[6.3]

There was an original dispute surrounding what the nebula actually is. ^[7.1]

Méchain believed it to be a nebula without stars, while Messier, who cataloged the nebula, believed it was "composed of small stars with some nebulosity". ^[7.2] The Little Dumbbell Nebula was originally believed to be a double nebula; however, more observations have showed the nebula to only be a single one. ^[7.3]

M76 was discovered by Pierre Méchain on September 5, 1780, who reported it to Charles Messier, who observed it on October 21, 1780, determined its position and added it to his catalog. ^[7.4] As is not unusual for planetary nebulae, the distance is poorly known, with estimates between 1,700 and 15,000 light years. ^[7.5] Planetary nebulas are the final stage in stellar evolution, and are generally faint objects that can't be seen by the naked eye. ^[7.6]

The appearance of the Little Dumbbell Nebula resembles a butterfly because of the cloud hovering around the central star. ^[7.7]

The constellation Cygnus lies roughly in the direction our solar system is heading as we circle the Milky Way's Great Galactic Core. ^[8.1] Numerous red emission nebula and rich open star clusters dot the Milky Way. ^[8.2]

It is located in the constellation Perseus. ^[9.1]

M76 (NGC 650) is a planetary nebula found in Perseus (The son of Zues). ^[9.2]

Planetary nebula M76, known as the "Butterfly Nebula" in Perseus, observed with a 10 "reflector at f/5, using 100x magnification. ^[9.3]

The news is ironic because the name 'planetary' nebula has always been a misnomer. ^[9.4] Over time, such constrained expansion can lead to striking shapes, such as seen in the appropriately named Dumbbell Nebula. ^[9.5]

Based on digitized black and white images from the Samuel Oschin Telescope at Palomar Observatory, this striking synthesized color view includes two bright foreground stars and spans about 30 light-years at the estimated distance of the Pelican Nebula. ^[10.1] The bright star in the lower right quadrant of the image is Sadr (Gamma Cygni), shining at magnitude 2.23 and marking the intersection of the wings and body of Cygnus the Swan. ^[10.2] NGC 7023 Iris Nebula Wow! I was very impressed with the results of this one. ^[10.3] Detail in the nebula, keyhole, wide outer clouds and dark dust in the stars. ^[10.4] The bisected nebula region east (right) of Gamma Cygni which is named the Butterfly Nebula because of its two-winged appearance. ^[10.5] Another HA image was a mosiac of NGC 7000 The America Nebula, a really deep image with ahuge amount of detail, and once again processing of excellence. ^[10.6]

The Butterfly Nebula, IC 1311 and 1318, surround Sadr or Gamma Cygni. ^[11.1] Known as the Butterfly Nebula. ^[11.2]

There is the North America and Pelican Nebulae next to the bright star Deneb. ^[12.1]

Stretching from Deneb and the North American Nebula in Cygnus at the upper left, the Milky Way runs diagonally across the photo to the lower right. ^[12.2] It is surrounded by extended nebulosity, most notable IC1318 (the Butterfly Nebula) which is only partly shown in this image. ^[12.3]

IC1318 is one of the surrounding nebulous regions, others include the Butterfly nebula and the Crescent Nebula. ^[12.4]

Interesting deep sky objects in the region of the Summer Triangle include the binary star Albireo, the Ring Nebula (M57), the Dumbbell Nebula (M27), the Crescent Nebula (NGC 6888), the Butterfly Nebula, and the North American Nebula. ^[13.1] This 2 panel mosaic also displays NGC6888, aka the Crescent Nebula, at the lower right. ^[13.2]

Over 2,000 light-years away, the Little Ghost Nebula offers a glimpse of the fate of our Sun, which should produce its own pretty planetary nebula only about 5 billion years from now. ^[14.1]

On M The Adjustable dumbbell system Credit & Joe & Gail Metcalf Adam Block NOAO AURA NSF Explanation The first hint of what will become of our Sun The Little Dumbbells pictures is a planetary nebula in the constellation Perseus. ^[14.2] M The Dumbbell arm Despite its class the Dumbbell Nebula has nothing to do with planets. ^[14.3]

This image is a minute LRGB exposure taken with an SBIG ST E camera thru Kopernik's inch F. telescope with the scope focal reduced to F.. ^[14.4]

The data also uncover a feature never directly imaged before called the Little Homunculus Nebula. ^[15.1]

What we see as the Homunculus Nebula are the remains of that explosion sometimes called the supernova imposter event. ^[15.2] Of course, gazing at the center of the region suggests to some IC 2948's popular name The Running Chicken Nebula. ^[15.3]

The gorgeous skyscape spans about 70 light-years at the nebula's estimated 6,000 light-year distance. ^[15.4] NGC 6302 is a planetary nebular known as the Butterfly or Bug Nebula. ^[15.5] Crystalline water ice and quartz have been detected with confidence. ^[15.6]

IC2220 is a type of reflection nebula formed as a result of mass loss from its parent star, the red giant HD 65750. ^[16.1] The yellowish red light is the reflected 1ight of this parent star. ^[16.2]

The bipolar nebula (the mass of 1/100 that of our sun) was produced in an earlier phase of intense mass loss during the "giant" phase of this evolving star. ^[16.3]

It is also known as the Butterfly Nebula and the Cork Nebula. ^[17.1] This nebula is one of the fainter of the Messier objects. ^[17.2] The distance to the nebula is not precisely known. ^[17.3]

The colorful structure, named NGC 6302, is termed a planetary nebula, derived from the fact that in small telescopes an object like this can look like a planet. ^[18.1] The picture was taken in 1998 with the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope. ^[18.2]

The Carina Nebula is one of the brightest objects in sky, but is not well known because it must be observed from deep in the southern hemisphere. ^[18.3]

Discovered by Pierre Mechain on September 5, 1780, the Little Dumbbell Nebula is one of the fainter objects on the Messier List. ^[18.4] This nebula is also known as the Cork Nebula, Butterfly Nebula and Barbell Nebula as well as having the identification tag NGC 650. ^[18.5]

But we see this ring edge on to our line of sight, it is sometimes called the Butterfly Nebula due to the fainter wisps of gas that look like wings, expanding into space at each side of the main part of the nebula. ^[18.6] It is a cloud of interstellar dust that shines and glows blue from the light of bright young stars, that have formed from the same dust cloud. ^[18.7]

This splendid colour image of a famous southern Planetary Nebula, the Butterfly (NGC 6302), was obtained by combining blue, yellow and red images obtained on May 22, 1998, with 10 minute exposures and an image quality better than 0.6 arcseconds. ^[18.8]

This celestial object for example, was once an ordinary star that evolved into a delicate-looking butterfly. ^[18.9]

This beautiful colour picture is a composite of three exposures through broad-band blue, green and red filters, lasting a total of 25 minutes. ^[18.10]

Butterfly emerges from stellar demise in Planetary Nebula NGC 6302. ^[18.11]

This image features the North America Nebula at the top left, the Butterfly Nebula near the star Gamma Cygnii, and the Veil Nebula to the left. ^[19.1]

Another persuasive argument for switching hobbies to stamp collecting is to complete a half-hour Technical Pan exposure of the Butterfly Nebula near Gamma Cygnii then find the red filter has popped off the film holder and is laying on the Schmidt's mirror. ^[19.2]

The Veil Nebula lies in the lower right corner of the image, and the large open cluster NGC 6940 lies near the right edge, about 1/3 of the way from the bottom of the frame. ^[19.3]

Stunning images of 'celestial Butterfly' The spectacular butterfly-like image is of a nebula a cloud of stellar dust and gas created by the last throes of a dying star that once was about five times the mass of the Sun. ^[20.1]

The so-called Butterfly Nebula's "wings" are in fact what Nasa called "roiling cauldrons of gas" heated to over 20 000 degrees Celsius and speeding across space at over 965000km/h. Assortment of stars across a wide color rangeThis undated image from NASA, released on Sept 9,2009 shows a clash among members of a famous galaxy Quintet reveals an assortment of stars across a wide range of color, from young blue stars to aging red stars. ^[20.2]

The region's spidery appearance is responsible for its popular name, the Tarantula nebula, except that this tarantula is about 1,000 light-years across, and 180,000 light-years away in the southern constellation Dorado. ^[20.3] Intriguing details of the nebula are visible in this scientifically-colored image. ^[20.4] Another image is of the Carina Nebula, a pillar of gas and dust forming a stellar nursery located 7,500 light years away in the southern constellation Carina. ^[20.5]

By September the 19-year old instrument had already returned a new bunch of breath-taking images including the Butterfly Nebula 3800 light-years away (left), and the Jet in Carina 7500 light-years away (right). ^[20.6] What resemble dainty butterfly wings in this picture are actually rolling cauldrons of gas. ^[20.7]

The Wings of a Butterfly Nebula is about 2,100 only light-years away from Earth in the direction of the constellation but Monoceros. ^[20.8] It represents the spectacular "last gasp" ^[20.9] The resulting interaction has created the stunning. ^[20.10]

The nebula has inflated dramatically dumbbell-shaped object, with 29-inch-diameter spheres attached at each end. ^[20.11] The largest and most prominent emission nebula is NGC 604 which is nearly 1,500 light-years in diameter. ^[20.12]

The colorful multi-wavelength of large galaxies, a star cluster very crowded, the mysterious 'pillar by creating' and a nebulous 'butterfly' complete the list of exciting new views. ^[20.13]

The best-known members of the first group are the North American Nebula NGC 7000 with its unmistakable resemblance to the North American continent and the Pelican Nebula IC 5067-5070 located in "mid-Atlantic" relative to NGC 7000, so to speak. ^[20.14]

The Hourglass is a little-known planetary nebula in Monoceros. ^[20.15]

Astronomers believe that a planetary nebula forms when a fast stellar wind that comes from the central star catches up a slower wind produced earlier when the star ejected most of its outer layers. ^[21.1]

Astronomers Paul Murdin, David Allen and astrophotographer David Malin coined the name "Toby Jug Nebula" for the object because of its shape similar to an old English drinking vessel of a type called Toby Jug. ^[21.2] Most planetary nebula are well known and studied. ^[21.3] The Sun, a middle aged star, is expected to form a planetary nebula in about 5 billion years as it approaches old age. ^[21.4]

The gasses of the planetary nebulas tend to be enriched in carbon and nitrogen, and the prominent source of carbon in the galaxy. ^[21.5] It has ejected its layer of gases and is now unleashing a stream of ultraviolet radiation that is making the ejected material glow. ^[21.6]

Contained within this nebula is Eta Carinae, the most massive star in the Milky Way that can be studied in detail. ^[22.1] The extreme density of this disk is hypothesized to have caused the bipolar structure of the nebula. ^[22.2]

The small blue reflection nebula within the top of the trunk is named vdB 142. ^[23.1]

At top is emission nebula IC1396 in Cepheus. ^[23.2]

There are then a multitude of smaller emission nebula running left across through Cassiopeia and on to the Double Cluster, lower left is M31. ^[24.1]

Both are shells of gas which were once the outer layer of the star; the main difference between them is the mass of the star concerned. ^[25.1]

An example of a planetary nebula is IC 418, the Spirograph Nebula, a fabulous feature of the southern constellation Lepus the Hare. ^[25.2] Henize 3-401 is also symmetrical like the Butterfly Nebula, but it is thought that its bipolar expulsion is due to the central star's magnetic field. ^[25.3]

The remains of the star will be an invisible neutron star or black hole. ^[25.4]

A remarkable bipolar or "butterfly" planetary nebula in the constellation Norma, whose outflow speeds, of up to 3.5 million km/h, surpass those of any other known object of its type. ^[25.5] Two main theories contend to explain the intriguing double-lobe symmetry of the ejected nebula. ^[25.6]

LDN 889 is the large area of dark nebulosity that separates the two halves of the Butterfly Nebula, and B 343 is the small but very dense dark nebula amidst the clouds of nebulae on the right side of the image. ^[26.1] LDN889 is the Dark Nebula that separates the 2 halves of the Butterfly's wings. ^[26.2]

Blackman says the team's work show's how a waist-cinching torus could originate to produce certain types of planetary nebula patterns, but it also suggests an answer for why astronomers have detected the puzzling signature of crystallized dust around evolved stars before the nebulae is formed. ^[26.3]

The twin-vector rays in the closeup view of rays needling out from the Butterfly center star are not seen in the original view released by professional astronomers, but are easily revealed by enhancing the original image with more strength in the colors, especially blue. ^[26.4]

With names ranging from "Eskimo," "Butterfly" and "Cat's Eye" to NGC 6822 and M20, these nebulae can be both diverse and beautiful. ^[26.5]

M78 is a reflection nebula which is part of the huge Orion Molecular Cloud Complex, that contains the famous Orion Nebula M42. ^[27.1]

M78 is a faint patch in binoculars on a good night, but medium sized telescopes show the nebula as very bright with two main stars in the northwest and south east lighting up it up. ^[27.2]

A research paper on the Bug Nebula, based on the Hubble observations as well as data from ground-based telescopes, has been submitted to the journal Astronomy & Astrophysics. ^[27.3]

Today's release is notable not only because it includes links to videos and zoomable images showing the Bug Nebula, but also because it refers fittingly to American poet Robert Frost's 1920 poem "Fire and Ice": ^[27.4]

A large area of dark nebulosity, called the Northern Coal Sack, lies between the North America Nebula and the nebulosity surrounding Sadr. ^[28.1]

The nearby (3200 light years) planetary nebula NGC6302, called the Butterfly Nebula (there is another by that name, M2-9) is shown here first with part of it from the new WFC3 imagery on the right and a previous image made by the WFC2 on the left. ^[29.1]

The Butterfly Nebula from Upgraded Hubble. ^[30.1]

NGC 6302 The Butterfly Nebula or the Bug Nebula. ^[30.2] WFC3 was installed aboard Hubble in May 2009 during Servicing Mission 4. The composite image was made from filters that isolate emission from iron, magnesium, oxygen, hydrogen and sulphur. ^[30.3]

These cardinal points of a compass (six total) from a Hubble view of the Lagoon Nebula have one long coherent spike when the image is enhanced. ^[30.4]

Read Astronomy news or blogs including articles with titles The Butterfly Nebula from Upgraded Hubble, A Great Week to See the Milky Way, Stormy Weather Delays Space Shuttle Landing, Why Do We See the Moon in Daylight? ^[30.5]

Butterfly Nebula Organic Cotton Tee A beautiful image that makes a great gift for the lover of astronomy and space exploration. ^[30.6]

Then Trudie, starting out with her first CCD Camera, taking the veil nebula and Crescent, full marks for her first images, a huge step up the ladder, and one to look out for in the future. ^[31.1]

Magnetic fields can be produced by a stellar dynamo during the phase when the nebula is ejected. ^[32.1]

Appropriately, the Pelican Nebula itself is part of a much larger, complex star-forming region about 2,000 light-years away in the high flying constellation Cygnus, the Swan. ^[33.1]

From our vantage point, dark dust clouds (upper left) help define the Pelican's eye and long bill, while a bright front of ionized gas suggests the curved shape of the head and neck. ^[33.2]

The nebula is also cataloged as Gum 56 for Australian astronomer Colin Stanley Gum, but seafood-loving astronomers might know this cosmic cloud as The Prawn Nebula. ^[33.3] Oooops my bad, the Boss once again corrects the amateurs mistake!! LOL;) THANX for the correction Cal! ^[33.4]

At a distance of about 5000 light years from Earth, IC 1318 reveals itself as a bright, tri-lobed emission nebula cut sharply by a dark molecular cloud known as LDN 899. ^[34.1] The dark nebula way to the right of Gamma is Barnard 343. ^[34.2]

The brighter portions are visible in my 14.5 "telescope with a Ultrablock filter, including the "] ["-shaped Butterfly Nebula at the bottom of the image, and IC 1318, the triangle-shaped nebula in the left portion of the image. ^[34.3]

Benitez and Nebula We Are The One Night Life/Essence of Life premiere song stylists, including Doris Day, Petula Clark, Diana Ross and others. ^[35.1]

Leslie What (Glasser) is a Nebula Award-winning writer and the author of a novel, Splitting, Brian Clark (limited supply) Red Spider White Web, Misha Nogha. ^[36.1]