More Images of Mz 3, BD+30-3639, Hen 3-1475, and NGC 7027

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	Chandra & HST Images of Mz 3 (Ant Nebula) Planetary nebulas - so called because some of them resemble a planet when viewed through a small telescope - are produced in the late stages of a sun-like star's life. This image shows Chandra's view of Menzel 3 (Mz3, also known as the Ant Nebula), a planetary nebula about 3,000 light years from Earth. Dynamic elongated clouds envelop bubbles of multimillion degree gas produced by high-velocity winds from dying stars.

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	Chandra & HST Images of BD+30-3639 This Chandra image of BD+30-3639 shows a hot bubble of multimillion degree gas surrounding a dying, Sun-like star that is about 5,000 light years from Earth. The distance across the bubble is roughly 100 times the diameter of our solar system. Fast Facts for BD+30-3639: Credit  X-ray: NASA/STScI/Univ. MD/J.P.Harrington Scale  Image is 18 arcsec per side. Coordinates (J2000)  RA 19h 34m 45.20s | Dec +30º 30' 59.10" Constellation  Cygnus Observation Date  2000-03-21 Observation Time  5 hours Obs. ID  587 Color Code  Energy (X-ray: Blue; Optical/IR: Red & Green) Instrument  ACIS Distance Estimate  About 5,000 light years

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	Chandra & HST Images of Hen 3-1475 Chandra's image of Hen 3-1475 shows X-rays from this young planetary nebula that is about 18,000 light years from Earth. Fast Facts for Hen 3-1475: Credit  X-ray: NASA/CXC/RIT/J.Kastner et al.; Optical: NASA/STScI/Univ. MD/J.P.Harrington Scale  Image is 18 arcsec per side. Coordinates (J2000)  RA 17h 45m 14.20s | Dec -17º 56' 47.00" Constellation  Sagittarius Observation Date  2002-07-15 Observation Time  14 hours Obs. ID  2580 Color Code  Energy (X-ray: Blue; Optical/IR: Red & Green) Instrument  ACIS Distance Estimate  About 18,000 light years

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	Chandra & HST Images of NGC 7027 Chandra's image shows X-rays from NGC 7027, a young planetary nebula that is about 3,000 light years from Earth. A bubble of multimillion degree gas with a length about a hundred times that of our solar system is shown in the image. The image is brighter to the upper right - the side of the nebula nearest the Earth - where there is less obscuring material to block the X-ray emission. Fast Facts for NGC 7027: Credit  NASA/STScI/Caltech/J.Westphal & W.Latter; Scale  Image is 18 arcsec per side. Coordinates (J2000)  RA 21h 07m 01.60s | Dec +42° 14' 09.70" Constellation  Cygnus Observation Date  2000-06-01 Observation Time  5 hours Obs. ID  588 Color Code  Energy (X-ray: Blue; Infrared: Red; Optical: Green) Instrument  ACIS Distance Estimate  About 3,000 light years

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Planetary Nebulas with Scale Bar