esahubble_opo9406c January 13th, 1994
Credit: F. Paresce, R. Jedrzejewski (STScI) NASA/ESA
This new HST image reveals an elliptical and slightly lumpy ring-like structure. The ring is the edge of a bubble of hot gas blasted into space by the nova. The shell is so thin that the FOC does not resolve its true thickness, even with HST's restored vision.
Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA
Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9406c/
Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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