Portal:Astronomy/Picture/30 May 2005

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The Ring Nebula is one of the best-known planetary nebulae, objects formed when dying stars shed off their outer layers. While planetary nebulae show a diverse range of shapes, the Ring is almost perfectly spherical. It lies about 2300 light years away, in the constellation of Lyra

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