Kind of Blue

Kind of Blue
(Image credit: Adam Block/Mount Lemmon SkyCenter/University of Arizona)

Planetary nebula Abell 33, which appears as an almost circular disk to Earth observers, lies in the constellation of Hydra. A bright star coincidentally sits on its rim.

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