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    Twin Jet Nebula: The shimmering wings of the Butterfly

    August 26, 2015, Categories  Astronomy/Space

    The Twin Jet Nebula, or PN M2-9, is a striking example of a bipolar planetary nebula. Bipolar planetary nebulae are formed when the central object is not a single star, but a binary system, Studies have shown that the nebula's size increases with time, and measurements of this rate of increase suggest that the stellar outburst that formed the lobes occurred just 1200 years ago. Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA Acknowledgement: Judy Schmidt

    The Twin Jet Nebula, or PN M2-9, is a striking example of a bipolar planetary nebula. Bipolar planetary nebulae are formed when the central object is not a single star, but a binary system, Studies have shown that the nebula’s size increases with time, and measurements of this rate of increase suggest that the stellar outburst that formed the lobes occurred just 1200 years ago. Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA Acknowledgement: Judy Schmidt

    The new image highlights nebula PN M2-9 shells and its knots of expanding gas in striking detail via NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. 2 iridescent lobes of material stretch outwards from a central star system. Within these lobes 2 huge jets of gas are streaming from the star system at speeds in >1 million km/ hour.

    The M in the name PN M2-9 refers to Rudolph Mi...

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