I would simply call it the Lava Nebula. To me, the colder dust particles partly shading the glowing gas behind resemble the cooled outer parts of ʻAʻā-type lava flow covering the glowing hot lava behind.
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- Tue Jan 09, 2018 12:25 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Bright Planetary Nebula NGC 7027... (2018 Jan 09)
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