Tagged: Sh2-68 - Adam Lundie - Eatons Hill Observatory

Tagged: Sh2-68

Flaming Skull Nebula thumbnail
29-Sep-2022
When stars like the Sun are near end of life, they send their outer layers into space to create glowing clouds of gas, a planetary nebulae. This ejection of mass is uneven, and planetary nebulae can have complex shapes. This dying star is moving rapidly through space, resulting in a long tail of ionized hydrogen gas.