Butterfly Nebula (NGC 6302) - Stunning Bipolar Planetary Nebula in Scorpius #3062432 (License: Personal Use)

The Butterfly Nebula, or NGC 6302, is a bipolar planetary nebula located about 3,400 light-years away in the constellation Scorpius. Its dramatic structure features two large, opposing lobes of hot gas-colored orange, pink, and white-shaped by a central dying star’s intense stellar winds and magnetic fields. Fine dust lanes and complex filamentary structures trace the nebula’s turbulent evolution, making it one of the most striking examples of late-stage stellar death.

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