APOD 1.6 OR NAWH

This right here is the beautiful Butterfly Nebula, that was taken by the Hubble telescope. This nebula has a WINGSPAN ( get it, butterfly, hah...) of over 3 light years. The central star of this nebula had become extremely hot, with around a surface temperature of 250,000 degrees C. However this isn't the exact colors of the nebula itself, it was reprocessed to show its true colors and beauty. You can see the ionized gas exquisitley here, as the dust torus surrounding the central star. This nebula lies around 4000 light years away in the constellation of scorpius. When first reading about the "Butterfly Nebula" i didn't expect this, a mix of stars and gasses that create vibrant colors to the eye in the form of a butterfly!?!  It is just crazy how these images form. No way in my lifetime, would i expect to see these creations formed by matter in space.