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Colour image of Pencil Nebula (NGC 2736), moving at 180km/s, 815 light-years distant, part of the larger Vela Supernova Remnant. Collections: VelaSNR
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High-contrast monochrome deep-sky image revealing the long, narrow, pleated gas filaments of the Pencil Nebula.
