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The MyCn18 is a young planetary nebula located about 8,000 light years away. This artificially colorized image was taken with the Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 aboard NASA's Hubble Space Telescope.

Description

Hourglass Nebula, MyCn18
Source

crop from http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/1996/07/
Date

January 16, 1996
Author

NASA, R. Sahai, J. Trauger (JPL), and The WFPC2 Science Team
Permission
(Reusing this image)

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(cur) 20:30, 16 September 2005 . . Krishnavedala (Talk | contribs | block) . . 604×600 (40,138 bytes) (MyCn18 is a Planetary Nebula located 8000 light years away taken from wide field and planetary camera 2 aboard NASA's Hubble Space Telescope.)

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