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Gaze into the Crystal Ball Nebula and see the light emitted by a dying star 1,500 years ago
- May 21, 2026 at 10:00 PM
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The 8.1-meter Gemini North telescope, located on the summit of Maunakea in Hawai'i, has captured NGC 1514, nicknamed the Crystal Ball Nebula, in awe-inspiring detail. This nebula, with its mesmerizing glow of gas, harbors hints of a past stellar death, and its asymmetrical shell is now being shaped by the pair of binary stars that lie at its center.
Originally published at Phys.org