The object is located at a distance of about 5000 light-years from Earth.
The Hubble space telescope photographed the nebula NGC 1501 with a bright star in the middle, vaguely resembling an oyster with a pearl.
Known. the nebula NGC 1501 is a giant cloud of dust and electrically charged gases. The object is located at a distance of about 5000 light-years from Earth in the constellation of the Giraffe.
Scientists believe that bright star in the middle is kind of the progenitor of the nebula, which at the time threw into space its outer layers of gas. Star – the pearl of the incredibly fast pulse and changes the brightness, which likely means its imminent extinction.
The image was taken using the camera of the Hubble Wide Field Planetary Camera 2, which at the time made the most beautiful pictures of various galaxies.
