The Astronomy Picture of the Day is Sh2-188: the Shrimp Nebula

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NASA featured Sh2-188, the Shrimp Nebula, as the Astronomy Picture of the Day on science.nasa.gov. It is one of the larger planetary nebulas in the sky by angular size, spanning about half the diameter of the Moon. The white dwarf at its center is what remains of a Sun-like star that shed its outer…

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