The Helix Nebula

Hubble Space Telescope

Painted

2003

Collection

NASA / ESA Hubble Space Telescope

A planetary nebula about 650 light-years away in Aquarius: a star like the Sun at the end of its life, blowing its outer layers into space. Its resemblance to a giant eye earned it the nickname "the Eye of God". The image combines Hubble and ground-based data, and the inner ring is about two light-years across.

Object record (Wikimedia Commons) · Public domain

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