How many nebulas do you think are in this exposure ? Careful , the resolution is not quite what it seems .
When the Hubblesnagged this photo back in 2007for the ESA , the answer seemed simple : There was the one object on the leftfield , and there was the other on the right . Since they were so close , astronomers kept an eye on them , hope to see some interstellar firework . What they witness rather was in reality something more surprising : The two objects were actually part of the same whole nebula . It just had a retentive coloured line run through its center , pee it look like two .
Although that idea is now set , it ’s left a uncanny , historical depression behind . Originally , one was named NGC 2371 and the other NGC 2372 . With neither being quite right , though , the official record now has it listed as NGC 2371/2 , record the period when we thought we saw a little more than we did .
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