New image of the red spider planetary nebula from JWST! #astronomy #space #nasa #science | Astro Alexandra

Along came a spider… 🕷️ The Red Spider Nebula (NGC 6537) is a planetary nebula, a structure which forms when red giants shed their outer layers into space, exposing their white-hot cores. This phase lasts only a few tens of thousands of years. The NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope’s new view of the Red Spider Nebula reveals for the first time the full extent of the nebula’s outstretched lobes, which form the ‘legs’ of the spider – and which each extend about 3 light-years! #WebbSeesFarthe

The Red Spider Nebula, caught by two telescopes! 🔴🕷️ The central star of this planetary nebula glows red, surrounded by a shroud of hot dust, in the new image from the #NIRCam instrument on the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope. In optical-wavelength images, however, like those from Hubble Space Telescope the central star appears faint and blue. 📷 NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration / ESA - European Space Agency / Canadian Space Agency , J. H. Kastner (Rochester Institu

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