Planetary Nebula NGC 2440 Revealed | Hubble

Planetary Nebula NGC 2440 Revealed | Hubble

This image of NGC 2440 shows the colorful "last hurrah" of a star like our Sun. The star is ending its life by casting off its outer layers of gas, which formed a cocoon around the star's remaining core. Ultraviolet light from the dying star makes the material glow. The burned-out star, called a white dwarf, is the white dot in the center.

Credit: NASA, European Space Agency (ESA), and K. Noll (STScI)

Release Date: February 13, 2007

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