Camelia Blossom

The faint outer shell of the Ring Nebula looks much like a Camelia blossom.

In this composite image, visible-light observations by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope are combined with infrared data from the ground-based Large Binocular Telescope in Arizona to assemble a dramatic view of the well-known Ring Nebula.

Image credit: NASA/ ESA/ Vanderbilt University/C.R. Robert O’Dell/University of Kentucky/G.J. Ferland/ National Autonomous University of Mexico/W.J. Henney and M. Peimbert

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NASA/ ESA/ Vanderbilt University/C.R. Robert O’Dell/University of Kentucky/G.J. Ferland/ National Autonomous University of Mexico/W.J. Henney and M. Peimbert