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A Zoom in to the Butterfly Nebula

Posted in Maynooth, The Universe and Stuff, YouTube with tags , , , , , , on September 17, 2025 by telescoper

I haven’t used my Youtube channel very much recently so to avoid disappointing my subscribers, of whom there are several, I have today uploaded a video showcasing the work of colleagues in the Physics Department at Maynooth.

This zoom in from an optical Hubble Space Telescope (HST) image shows how infrared observations by the James Web Space Telescope reveal the surprising details of the structure at the heart of the Butterfly Nebula, NGC 6302

For background to this video, see here.