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Eerie Skull Nebula glows bright for Halloween – Space.com

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A spooky new image captures the Skull Nebula illuminated by a triple star system just in time for Halloween.
The Skull Nebula, formally known as NGC 246, is located roughly 1,600 light-years away in the constellation Cetus, or The Whale. Using the Very Large Telescope
in Chile, the European Southern Observatory (ESO) snapped a new photo of the eerie nebula, which bears a striking resemblance to a skull floating through space.
NGC 246 is a planetary nebula
that consists of a pair of closely bound…

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