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Double Helix Nebula

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There are infrared-luminous stars contained in the nebula that are red-giants and other supergiant stars. There are other stars contained within, but are mostly too dim to be observed.
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This nebula is seen as circumstantial evidence that the magnetic fields at the center of the galaxy are extremely strong, more than 1,000 times stronger than those of the
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Morris, Mark; Uchida, Keven; Do, Tuan (2006). "A magnetic torsional wave near the Galactic Centre traced by a 'double helix' nebula".
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thought to be at the galaxy's center, and 25,000 light years from
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into the shape of two connected spirals, known as a
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Helix Nebula
Emission nebula

Spitzer Space Telescope
Constellation
Ophiuchus
Lists of nebulae
nebula
Ophiuchus
galaxy
torsion
double helix
DNA
Spitzer Space Telescope
light years
supermassive black hole
Earth
Sun
"Double Helix Nebula - NASA Spitzer Space Telescope"
"Astronomers Report Unprecedented Double Helix Nebula Near Center of the Milky Way"
the original
Bibcode
2006Natur.440..308M
doi
10.1038/nature04554
PMID
16541066
S2CID
4426150
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