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      Cosmic Butterfly - NGC 6302
      Wallpaper author:
      Rouven Asmußen

      03 Nov 2022

      Cosmic Butterfly - NGC 6302

      NGC 6302 (also known as the Bug Nebula, Butterfly Nebula, or Caldwell 69) is a bipolar planetary nebula in the constellation Scorpius. The structure in the nebula is among the most complex ever observed in planetary nebulae. The spectrum of NGC 6302 shows that its central star is one of the hottest stars known, with a surface temperature in excess of 250,000 degrees Celsius, implying that the star from which it formed must have been very large (Wikipedia).

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      NGC 6302

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      Cosmic Butterfly - NGC 6302