Today I was looking at the APOD titled Sharpless 249 and the Jellyfish Nebula. This nebula is usually very faint and hard to see, however this picture seemed to capture it perfectly. This nebula has a neuron star and the debris cloud is expanding after the explosion of a massive star. It blows my mind that such a nice picture of this nebula could be taken despite the fact that it is 5,000 light years away. I am also surprised by how much it actually looks like a jellyfish.
It blows my mind how massive that space jellyfish is.
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