Ring Nebula, 1885
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Ring Nebula, 1885
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Taken by Paul Henry (French, 1848-1905) and his brother Prosper Henry (1849-1903). Albumen silver print from glass negative. Astronomers at the Paris Observatory, the brothers Paul and Prosper Henry constructed a photographic telescope to produce an exact, objective record of the sky. This photograph of the Ring Nebula in the constellation Lyra shows but a three-degree section of the firmament, 1,956 light-years from earth. Once a star similar to our own sun, the nebula was formed when the star exploded, releasing gasses from its outer shell into space.
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