This video shows the star field of NGC 2440, and a colourful "last hurrah" of a star like our Sun. The star is ending its life by casting off its outer layers of gas, which formed a cocoon around the star's remaining core. Ultraviolet light from the dying star makes the material glow. The burned-out star, called a white dwarf, is the white dot in the centre. Read more and see more pictures on: http://www.spacetelescope.org/news/html/heic0703.html
Thanks guys that was great 2 see
DjGisME 2 years ago
liked that`
scrennert 3 years ago
My favorite NGC (New General Catalog) object! :-)
DannyQDempsey 3 years ago
you're
alysdexia 4 years ago
now kids....play nice
washmark 4 years ago 2
thats an ugly star
Humza78910 4 years ago