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NGC 1501 Blue Oyster Nebula
The Blue Oyster is a planetary nebula, representing an aging star that has shed its outer layers. Unlike the other planetary nebula, however, the central star of the Blue Oyster is not a typical white dwarf, but has a
spectra more like a Wolf-Rayet Star. In photographs, the magnitude 14.5 central star suggests a pearl inside a blue oyster.#astrophotography #astronomy #space #unistellar #ngc1501 #nebula #camelopardalis