Cotton Candy Nebula

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The Cotton Candy Nebula as seen by Hubble. Credits: Sun Kwok and Kate Su (University of Calgary), Bruce Hrivnak (Valparaiso University), and NASA
The Cotton Candy Nebula as seen by Hubble. Credits: Sun Kwok and Kate Su (University of Calgary), Bruce Hrivnak (Valparaiso University), and NASA

The Cotton Candy Nebula is a pre-planetary nebula that was originally discovered by the IRAS satellite. It is also known as IRAS 17150-3224. It is a good example of a DUPLEX-type PPN [1].

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  1. ^ HST polarimetry of PPN


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