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Gemini South Telescope Focuses on Butterfly Nebula

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Gemini South Telescope Focuses on Butterfly Nebula
This image, captured by the Gemini South telescope, shows the planetary nebula NGC 6302. Image credit: International Gemini Observatory / NOIRLab / NSF / AURA / J. Miller & M. Rodriguez, International Gemini Observatory & NSF’s NOIRLab / T.A. Rector, University of Alaska Anchorage & NSF’s NOIRLab / M. Zamani, NSF’s NOIRLab.

To celebrate 25 years since the completion of the International Gemini Observatory, students in Chile voted for the Gemini South telescope to image the Butterfly Nebula, which is also known as NGC 6302, the Bug Nebula, or Caldwell 69.

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