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MyCn18 (aka The Hourglass Nebula) is a planetary nebula around 8,000 light-years away in the constellation Musca. Image Credit: Raghvendra Sahai and John Trauger (JPL), the WFPC2 science team, and NASA/ESA
Dec 30, 2024, 1:00 AM
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