From NASA's website for the Hubble Telescope:"The unique planetary nebula NGC 2818 is nested inside the open star cluster NGC 2818A. Both the cluster and the nebula reside over 10,000 light-years away, in the southern constellation Pyxis (the Compass)."
I had to post this because its so cool. Its a recent photo taken by the Hubble telescope. Yep, like all Hubble telescope images, its really cool. If you've never really seen any, check them out in the gallery at hubblesite.org.
Also, the new header at top of the page features a Hubble image of The Andromeda Galaxy. Its the closest galaxy to Earth, and the only one visible to the naked eye.
Here are some other Hubble images that are among my favourites:
The Triangulum Galaxy
The Antennae Galaxy (its actually two galaxies merging into one)
The Cat's Eye Nebula
The Carina Nebula
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