Hubble Snaps Images of a Nebula Within a Cluster
Friday, January 16, 2009 - 10:35
in Astronomy & Space
The unique planetary nebula NGC 2818 is nested inside the open star cluster NGC 2818A. Both the cluster and the nebula reside over 10,000 light-years away, in the southern constellation Pyxis (the Compass). NGC 2818 is one of very few planetary nebulae in our galaxy located within an open cluster.