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Back to Episodes2025 April 27 - IC 418: The Spirograph Nebula
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In today's image, we see a planetary nebula known as the Spirograph Nebula. A planetary nebula is the end state of a star much like our own Sun. The core compacts down to a white dwarf star while the outer layers expand into the planetary nebula we see.
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