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                           Astronomy Picture of the Day   
      
       Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our   
         fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation   
                       written by a professional astronomer.   
      
                                   2022 July 14   
      
                            Webb's Southern Ring Nebula   
                    Image Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, NIRCam   
      
      Explanation: Cataloged as NGC 3132 the Southern Ring Nebula is a   
      planetary nebula, the death shroud of a dying sun-like star some 2,500   
      light-years from Earth. Composed of gas and dust the stunning cosmic   
      landscape is nearly half a light-year in diameter, explored in   
      unprecedented detail by the James Webb Space Telescope. In this NIRCam   
      image the bright star near center is a companion of the dying star. In   
      mutual orbit, the star whose transformation has ejected the nebula's   
      gas and dust shells over thousands of years is the fainter stellar   
      partner. Evolving to become a white dwarf, the faint star appears along   
      the diffraction spike extending toward the 8 o'clock position. This   
      stellar pair's orbital motion has resulted the complex structures   
      within the Southern Ring Nebula.   
      
                       Tomorrow's picture: Clavius and Tycho   
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