NGC 3132: The Southern Ring NebulaImage Credit: Hubble Legacy Archive,
+European Space Agency, ESA,
+NASA; Processing - Donald Waid
http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap130409.htmlIt's the dim star, not the bright one, near the center of NGC 3132 that created this odd but beautiful planetary nebula. Nicknamed the Eight-Burst Nebula and the Southern Ring Nebula, the glowing gas originated in the outer layers of a star like our Sun. In this reprocessed color picture, the hot purplish pool of light seen surrounding...
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