planetary nebula

Stages in a Star's Life

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The interactive H-R diagram below and our new Star In A Box app both show the life cycle of a star. The interactive H-R diagram is for a star with the same mass as the Sun, and shows how it forms and where it is on the H-R diagram at various stages of its life. The Star In A Box allows you to choose the initial mass of a star and follow it through its life.

Explore the lifecycle of a star similar to the Sun.

FTN image makes Astronomy Picture of the Day

An image taken with LCOGT's Faulkes Telescope North was the NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day for June 26th 2008. You can view the APOD site here:

http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/

The image of the planetary nebula M27 was taken by top UK astrophotographer Nik Szymanek. The final image was a mosaic of 4 frames (each frame made up stacked images), using the narrow band filters H alpha, H beta and OIII.

 

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