Eerie Skull Nebula glows bright for Halloween

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The Skull Nebula, formally known as NGC 246, is captured in a new image from the European Southern Observatory using the Very Large Telescope.

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"Collectively, these three stars establish NGC 246 as the first known planetary nebula with a hierarchical triple stellar system at its center," according to a statement from the ESO."

Very nice 1:26 video. It seems this planetary comes out at Halloween time, otherwise a very interesting PNe