Southern Ring Nebula
NASA / ESA / CSA / STScI, 2022
The star has already let go. The ring is what letting go looks like. A death that takes thousands of years and still fits in a frame. The shape is doing the mourning.
About this work
The Southern Ring Nebula, also known as NGC 3132 or the Eight-Burst Nebula, is a planetary nebula in the constellation Vela: the expanding shells of gas thrown off by a dying star. NASA puts it about 2,500 light-years away. The James Webb Space Telescope's view was one of the five first official science images released on July 12, 2022, and it was captured with two of Webb's cameras. Two stars sit close together near the centre. The fainter of them is the central star, a white dwarf with a temperature of about 140,000 K, which has blown off its outer layers and makes the surrounding nebula glow with its intense ultraviolet radiation. Around it a low-density central cavity is surrounded by multiple ring-like structures of gas and dust. Planetary nebulae have nothing to do with planets; the name comes from their round appearance in early telescopes.
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Print facts
- Native resolution
- 4,833 × 4,501 px
- Sharp at 150 ppi up to
- 32 × 30 in
- Sizes
- Small (20 × 19 in) · $100 · 237 ppi
Medium (24 × 22 in) · $150 · 201 ppi
Large (36 × 34 in) · $300 · 132 ppi - Price includes
- Frame and US shipping · 14–21 days · 30-day returns
FAQ
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Here. Southern Ring Nebula is available as a framed print in three sizes: Small (20 × 19 in) for $100, Medium (24 × 22 in) for $150 and Large (36 × 34 in) for $300. Prices include the frame and US shipping; delivery takes 14–21 days, with 30-day returns.
What size works best for Southern Ring Nebula?
The file is 4,833 × 4,501 px. Medium (24 × 22 in) is the largest size that prints at 150 ppi or more (201 ppi), the sharpest choice for close viewing; Large (36 × 34 in) prints at 132 ppi, fine from a few feet away but softer up close.
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Yes. The image was released by NASA, ESA and the Space Telescope Science Institute. NASA and STScI material is not protected by copyright in the United States unless noted, and ESA publishes its copy under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence, so it can be printed with credit to NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI. A print does not imply endorsement by NASA or ESA.
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