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A telescope in Chile has captured a stunning new picture of a grand and graceful cosmic butterfly.
The National Science Foundation’s NoirLab released the picture.
Snapped last month by the Gemini South telescope, the aptly named Butterfly Nebula is 2,500 to 3,800 light-years away in the constellation Scorpius.
We are celebrating @Geminiobs South's 25th Anniversary with this photo! 🥳
📸 Say hello to NGC 6302, the Butterfly Nebula. NGC 6302 is a bipolar planetary nebula that lies between 2500 and 3800 light-years away in the constellation Scorpius. 🔭🎂
📸 GeminiObs/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA pic.twitter.com/dyBwbAUFn1
— NOIRLab (@NOIRLabAstro) November 26, 2025
A single light-year is six trillion miles.
At the heart of this bipolar nebula is a white dwarf star that cast aside its outer layers of gas long ago.
The discarded gas forms the butterfly-like wings billowing from the ageing star, whose heat causes the gas to glow.
Schoolchildren in Chile chose this astronomical target to celebrate 25 years of operation by the International Gemini Observatory.
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