Planetary Nebula NGC 6210
Depicts: NGC 6210, IRAS 16423+2353
Copyright: Robert Rubin and Christopher Ortiz (NASA Ames Research Center), Patrick Harrington and Nancy Jo Lame (University of Maryland), Reginald Dufour (Rice University), and NASA
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The remarkable
features of this nebula are the numerous holes in the inner shells with
jets of material streaming from them. These jets produce column-shaped
features that are mirrored in the opposite direction. The multiple
shells of material ejected by the dying star give this planetary nebula
its odd form. In the "full nebula" image, the brighter central region
looks like a "nautilus shell"; the fainter outer structure (colored red)
a "tortoise." The dying star is the white dot in the center.
Last Update: 1 September 2019
