✨NGC 6302✨

AKA The Butterfly Nebula

Description: Hehe, it's a butterfly...wHeeEEeEeEEeeEeee...

Here are some facts about NGC 6302...

• Radius: 1.5 light-years
• Distance to Earth: 3,392 light years
• Surface Tempurature: About 250,000 degrees C
• Coordinates: <Could not obtain this information>
• Constellation: Scorpius
• Spectral Type: Bipolar Planetary Nebula
• Discovery Date: The earliest-recognised examine of NGC 6302 is via Edward Emerson Barnard, who drew and defined it in 1907.
• When Will It Die:The star is in its dying stages and giving off a magnificent amount of heat.

Comparison to Sun: 1,000 times the diameter of the Sun.

Comparison to Earth: 4.48946667 × 10-10 light-years bigger.

Fun Fact: The structure in the nebula is among the most complex ever observed in planetary nebulae. The spectrum of NGC 6302 shows that its central star is one of the hottest stars known, with a surface temperature in excess of 250,000 degrees Celsius, implying that the star from which it formed must have been very large.

NASA, ESA, and the Hubble SM4 ERO Team, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.