Dark Ranger (TM) Postcard - Dumbbell Star Birth Nebulae (M27)
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Elderly stars bloat becoming red giants or supergiants, frying any nearby planets until the star runs out of fuel. For supergiants, a supernova-death is sudden and fierce (buy the M1 postcard, it's a blast!). Death for smaller stars is slow and anticlimactic. For 10,000 years this star has been in hospice, its white dwarf core sloughing off layers of plasma debris, creating the Dumbbell Nebula (M27). In 40,000 years, the core will be too dim to make the cloud glow. So, see it now!
