Floating like a cosmic ghost in the constellation Lynx, the Headphone Nebula (Jones-Emberson 1) is a remarkably faint and ancient planetary nebula. Captured here in stunning detail by Alcino Sousa using deep narrowband filters, the intricate bi-polar shells of hydrogen and oxygen gas reveal why this ethereal remnant of a dying star earned its melodic nickname.
Floating like a cosmic ghost in the constellation Lynx, the Headphone Nebula (Jones-Emberson 1) is a remarkably faint and ancient planetary nebula. Captured here in stunning detail by Alcino Sousa using deep narrowband filters, the intricate bi-polar shells of hydrogen and oxygen gas reveal why this ethereal remnant of a dying star earned its melodic nickname.