Zooming into The Buttefly Nebula | Hubble

Zooming into The Buttefly Nebula | Hubble

This video zooms into the planetary nebula NGC 6302, commonly known as the Butterfly Nebula. NGC 6302 lies within our Milky Way galaxy, roughly 3,800 light-years away in the constellation of Scorpius. The glowing gas was once the star's outer layers, but has been expelled over about 2,200 years. The butterfly shape stretches for more than two light-years, which is about half the distance from the Sun to the nearest star, Proxima Centauri.

Credit: European Space Agency/Hubble, Risinger, Digitized Sky Survey 2, L. Calcada

Music: Astral Electronic

Duration: 50 seconds

Release Date: June 18, 2020

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