Nova Cygni 1992
This new HST image reveals an elliptical and slightly lumpy ring-like structure. The ring is the edge of a bubble of hot gas blasted into space by the nova. The shell is so thin that the FOC does not resolve its true thickness, even with HST's restored vision.
Credit:About the Image
About the Object
Name: | Nova Cygni 1992 |
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Type: | Milky Way : Star : Type : Variable : Nova |
Distance: | 5500 light years |
Category: | Stars |
Colours & filters
Band | Telescope |
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Hubble Space Telescope
FOC |