This planetary nebula floats in the foreground of the inner
spiral arm of our galaxy. The striking color contrast between
the red rimmed sphere of the nebula and multitude of extincted
background stars makes for an interesting composition. Note that there
is a gradient of stars in the image with many more weighted towards
the left side of the picture. A quick glance at the more zoomed out view
from the Digitized Sky Survey (left) reveals this nebula is in the
foreground of a large swath (cloud) of dust that itself blocks the light
of what lies beyond. Click on the image above to see this nebula
a bit more closely.
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