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M9-2

NEBULA

Minkowski 2-9 (best known as M2-9), Minkowski's ButterflyTwin Jet Nebula or Wings of a Burterfly Nebula is a planetary nebula which was discovered by Rudolph Minkowski in 1947. This bipolar nebula has a peculiar shape of twin lobes that emenate from a central star. M2-9 was first imaged in the 1990s by the Hubble Space Telescope.

JS9-M2-9 

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