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One of the three planetary nebulas discovered by M. L. Humason during his time at the Mount Wilson Observatory. Any aspiring astronomer should read that short Wiki article at the link.

Here, the swirling, vaguely symmetrical nebula is seen in detail with two narrowband filters (F658N & F656N). The broad, blueish dots arranged in the X shape are simply diffuse diffraction spikes and are not part of the nebula itself. The central star is just discernible.

The image has been enlarged 200% from its original size.

These data were collected for Proposal 6347, A Search for Jets in Planetary Nebulae

Red: hst_06347_08_wfpc2_f658n_pc_drz Green: Pseudo Blue: hst_06347_09_wfpc2_f656n_pc_drz

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Author Judy Schmidt from Fresh Meadows, NY, USA

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This image was originally posted to Flickr by geckzilla at https://www.flickr.com/photos/54209675@N00/15173077723. It was reviewed on 16 November 2014 by FlickreviewR and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the cc-by-2.0.

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