From: LARRY KLAES (ljk4_at_msn.com)
Date: Tue Sep 13 2005 - 14:25:20 UTC
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>Subject: HUBBLE CATCHES SCATTERED LIGHT FROM THE BOOMERANG NEBULA
>(STScI-PRC05-25-Heritage)
>Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2005 09:29:46 -0400
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>FOR RELEASE: September 13, 2005
>
>PHOTO NO.: STScI-PRC05-25
>
>HUBBLE CATCHES SCATTERED LIGHT FROM THE BOOMERANG NEBULA
>
>NASA's Hubble Space Telescope caught the Boomerang Nebula in images
>taken with the Advanced Camera for Surveys in early 2005. This
>reflecting cloud of dust and gas has two nearly symmetric lobes of
>matter that are being ejected from a central star. Each lobe of the
>nebula is nearly one light-year in length, making the total length
>of the nebula half as long as the distance from our Sun our nearest
>neighbors -- the Alpha Centauri stellar system, located roughly 4
>light-years away. The Boomerang Nebula resides 5,000 light-years from
>Earth. Hubble's sharp view is able to resolve patterns and ripples in
>the nebula very close to the central star that are not visible from the
>ground.
>
>Credit: NASA, ESA, and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)
>Acknowledgment: J. Biretta (STScI)
>
>For the full story, visit:
>http://hubblesite.org/news/2005/25
>http://heritage.stsci.edu/2005/25
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