Separate images taken through narrow-passband filters have been combined into the color images you see here.
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These are the same images as above, but displaying different colors for different filter images brings out different details in the data. Planetary nebulae are created at the end stages of evolution of many low and intermediate mass stars. Eventually only the tiny core of the original star will be left behind as a white dwarf star. Return to Bill Blair's home page.