new image of the Ring Nebula from Webb’s MIRI (Mid-InfraRed Instrument) (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

new image of the Ring Nebula from Webb’s MIRI (Mid-InfraRed Instrument)

Caption

This new image of the Ring Nebula from Webb’s MIRI (Mid-InfraRed Instrument) reveals particular details in the concentric features in the outer regions of the nebulae’s ring. Roughly ten concentric arcs located just beyond the outer edge of the main ring. The arcs are thought to originate from the interaction of the central star with a low-mass companion orbiting at a distance comparable to that between the Earth and Pluto. Download the full-resolution version from the Space Telescope Science Institute.

Credit

Credit: ESA/Webb, NASA, CSA, M. Barlow (University College London), N. Cox (ACRI-ST), R. Wesson (Cardiff University)

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