Today I was looking at the APOD from September 14th 2014. This is M27 also known as The Dumbbell Nebula. This APOD stood out to me in particular because we just had a constellation quiz and M27 was near the constellation of Vulpecula (fox). I was surprised to learn that this Nebula is a representation of what our Sun will look like in about five billion years. The Dumbbell Nebula is known as a planetary Nebula and is the outcome of what happens when a star stops undergoing nuclear fission in its core. I was also impressed that the colors shown above were from a mixture of hydrogen and oxygen.
Very good how you were able to relate the APOD to your day, how did you do on the test?
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