noaoann06012 — Announcement
A Shocking Skull of Gas
21 April 2006
A new Gemini Observatory image of NGC 246, nicknamed the "Skull Nebula," shows what can happen as the outer atmosphere of a fast-moving, dying star similar in composition to the Sun (in several billion years) pushes through its local cloud of interstellar gas and dust.
Links
- For more, see the Gemini Release.
