Apparent: 1.4' x 0.4' Actual: 1.4 x 0.4 light years
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June / July
Notes
The Bug Nebula is a remant of a star whose outer layers have erupted away, leaving behind a white dwarf. This eruption process was constrained so that the ejected material spread out to form two ragged and complex lobes extending out into space in opposite directions from the original central star.
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