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Planetary Nebula M2-9 from SOFIA Observatory

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Apr 02, 2012
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Planetary Nebula M2-9 from SOFIA Observatory
Researchers using NASA's Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy capture infrared images of the last exhalations of a dying sun-like star.

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Researchers using NASA’s Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy capture infrared images of the last exhalations of a dying sun-like star.June 2011NASA/DLR/USRA/DSI/FORCAST team/M. Werner, J. Rho