Portrait of a Nebula (M1-63) Wall Art tapestry Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech STScI

Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech STScI

about 160 000 and 200 000 light-years away respectively

which are moving at much faster speeds than the previously expelled mass

The image covers a region of sky about one degree by 1

Hubble was recently retrained on NGC 6302

Portrait of a Nebula (M1-63) Wall Art tapestry Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech STScIThis image from the NASA ESA Hubble Space Telescope features an impressive portrait of M1 63, an example of a bipolar planetary nebula located in the constellation of Scutum (the Shield). A nebula like this one is formed when the star at its center sheds huge quantities of material from its outer layers, leaving behind a spectacular cloud of gas and dust. It is believed that a binary system of stars at the center of the bipolar nebula is capable of