The Hourglass Nebula Wall Art Size:LARGE (24 x 24) The rock has been informally

The rock has been informally named the "harbour seal"

The Veil Nebula lies around 2

It is the remnant of a star that exploded long ago in the Small Magellanic Cloud

This gently glowing area of sky is actually a hot bubble of hydrogen gas — named Sh 2-305 — that has been bombarded by intense radiation from nearby stars

Streamers of hot ionised gas can be seen flowing off the ridges of the structure

The Hourglass Nebula Wall Art Size:LARGE (24 x 24) The rock has been informallyThis is an image of MyCn18, a young planetary nebula located about 8,000 light years away, taken with the Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 (WFPC2) aboard the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). This Hubble image reveals the true shape of MyCn18 to be an hourglass with an intricate pattern of 'etchings' in its walls. This picture has been composed from three separate images taken in the light of ionized nitrogen (represented by red), hydrogen (green), and