Hubble Space Telescope image of Gomez's Hamburger, a proto-planetary nebula in Sagittarius. This striking object, resembling a hamburger, is a gas cloud ejected from a dying star and is approximately 10,000 light-years away. The "bun" is light reflected from dust, obscuring the central star hidden by a dust disk ("patty"). This celestial object is in its early stages of becoming a full planetary nebula.

Astronomy Picture from 07/08/2002

Gomez's Hamburger: A Proto-Planetary Nebula

Source: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap020807.html


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