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The Hubble Space Telescope's Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2(WFPC2) is back at work, capturing this black-and-white image of the 'butterfly wing'-shaped nebula, NGC 2346.

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English: The Hubble Space Telescope's Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2(WFPC2) is back at work, capturing this black-and-white image of the 'butterfly wing'-shaped nebula, NGC 2346. The nebula is about 2, 000 light-years away from Earth in the direction of the constellation Monoceros. It represents the spectacular 'last gasp' of a binary star system at the nebula's center.
Date 14 March 1997 (upload date)
Source Hubble Camera Resumes Science Operation With Picture Of 'Butterfly' In Space
Author Massimo Stiavelli (STScI), and NASA/ESA
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