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A Zoom in to the Butterfly Nebula

I haven’t used my Youtube channel very much recently so to avoid disappointing my subscribers, of whom there are several, I have today uploaded a video showcasing the work of colleagues in the Physics Department at Maynooth.

This zoom in from an optical Hubble Space Telescope (HST) image shows how infrared observations by the James Web Space Telescope reveal the surprising details of the structure at the heart of the Butterfly Nebula, NGC 6302

https://youtube.com/shorts/jLcugADvO3I?feature=share

For background to this video, see here.

#ButterflyNebula #ChorizoGate #HST #HubbleSpaceTelescope #JamesWebSpaceTelescope #JWST #NGC6302

#WebbTelescope Spots Sparkling #Crystals and #Life’s Ingredients in the #ButterflyNebula

https://scitechdaily.com/webb-telescope-spots-sparkling-crystals-and-lifes-ingredients-in-the-butterfly-nebula/

Webb Captures the First-Ever Image of the Butterfly Nebula’s Hidden Heart https://petapixel.com/2025/08/29/webb-captures-the-first-ever-image-of-the-butterfly-nebulas-hidden-heart/ #jameswebbspacetelescope #butterflynebula #planetarynebula #nebula #Space #space #News #jwst #NASA #webb #esa

Butterfly Nebula NGC 6302 (Webb & ALMA image)

#04302 #alma #butterflynebula #butterflystar #canadianspaceagency #cosmos #csa #disc

⏩ 2 new pictures from ESA (Flickr) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:ListFiles?limit=2&user=OptimusPrimeBot&ilshowall=1&offset=20250828001119

#NGC6302: The #Butterfly #Nebula
#Astronomy #Picture of the Day

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap250606.html

#APOD #ButterflyNebula

IC 1318: The Butterfly Nebula

Right next to the bright star Sard lies a region known as IC 1318 Butterfly Nebula.

Blog: https://smilingj.net/blog/2023/06/2023-06-16_ic_1318_butterfly_nebula.html

#astrophotography #ic1318 #butterflynebula #heq5pro #130pds #asi294mcpro

#SkyWatch #Astrophotography #Sadr is the bright star in this image. Also known as #GammaCygni it is the central star of the cross that makes up the #Cygnus constellation and is about 1800 light years from Earth. It is not the source of the large emission nebula #IC1318 that appears to surround it. #IC1318 is about 5000 light years from Earth and is sometimes called the #ButterflyNebula #StillLearning

#M2-9: #Wings of a #ButterflyNebula
#Astronomy #Picture of the Day

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap230416.html

#APOD #Nebula

The butterfly nebula #NGC6302

A planetary nebula actually represents a phase that stars like our Sun experience after they use up much of their fuel.

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Inspired by @nasa_bot @hubble

#spaceart #dotted #pointillism #drawing #colouredink #spiralgalaxy #nebula #nebulaart #cosmicart #galaxy #space #butterflynebula #spacepainting #hubblespacetelescope #nasa