{"id":14973,"date":"2017-09-27T06:00:20","date_gmt":"2017-09-27T10:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=14973"},"modified":"2017-09-26T19:46:44","modified_gmt":"2017-09-26T23:46:44","slug":"eso-the-strange-structures-of-the-saturn-nebula","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=14973","title":{"rendered":"ESO: The Strange Structures of the Saturn Nebula"},"content":{"rendered":"

The latest report from\u00a0ESO<\/span><\/a> (European Southern Observatory<\/em>):<\/p>\n

The Strange Structures of the Saturn Nebula<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The spectacular planetary nebula NGC 7009, or the Saturn Nebula, emerges from the darkness like a series of oddly-shaped bubbles, lit up in glorious pinks and blues. This colourful image was captured by the powerful MUSE instrument on ESO\u2019s Very Large Telescope (VLT), as part of a study which mapped the dust inside a planetary nebula for the first time. [Larger images.<\/a>]<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>The spectacular planetary nebula NGC 7009, or the Saturn Nebula, emerges from the darkness like a series of oddly-shaped bubbles, lit up in glorious pinks and blues. This colourful image was captured by the powerful MUSE instrument on ESO\u2019s Very Large Telescope (VLT), as part of a study which mapped the dust inside a planetary nebula for the first time. The map \u2014 which reveals a wealth of intricate structures in the dust, including shells, a halo and a curious wave-like feature \u2014 will help astronomers understand how planetary nebulae develop their strange shapes and symmetries.<\/p>\n