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What it actually depicts is the so-called Helix Nebula , described by astronomers as "a trillion-mile-long tunnel of glowing gases." , " ". At its center is dying star which has ejected masses of dust and gas to form tentacle-like filaments stretching toward an outer rim composed of the same material. , , . Our own sun may look like this in several billion years. .
: " " 4 2009. In this case the image, one of the last taken with the Hubble's Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2, captured the Kohoutek 4-55 planetary nebula in the constellation Cygnus. , , "" -2, 4-55 .
Image Credit: NASA, WIYN, NOAO, ESA, Hubble Helix Nebula Team, M. Meixner (STScI), & TA Rector (NRAO). : NASA, WIYN, NOAO, , " Helix, . (STScI), . . (NRAO).