Wide-Field View of the Stingray Nebula

esahubble_heic2020d December 3rd, 2020

Credit: ESA/Hubble, Digitized Sky Survey 2. Acknowledgement: Davide De Martin

Pictured here is the region surrounding the Stingray Nebula. Archival data from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has revealed that the nebula has faded precipitously over just the past two decades. Witnessing such a swift rate of change in a planetary nebula is exceedingly rare, say researchers.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic2020d/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, None, Germany

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