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Gemini South celebrates 25th anniversary with stunning snapshot of the Butterfly Nebula: « NGC 6302 is captured in exquisite detail by the Gemini South telescope in Chile, revealing dynamic gaseous outflows driven by an extremely hot star. »


To celebrate 25 years since the completion of the International Gemini Observatory, students in Chile voted for the Gemini South telescope to image NGC 6302 — a billowing planetary nebula that resembles a cosmic butterfly. The International Gemini Observatory is partly funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) and operated by NSF NOIRLab.

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