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The long goodbye
In planetary nebula NGC 6565, a cloud of gas was ejected from the star after strong stellar winds.

Stellar wind is gas being thrown off from the upper atmosphere of a star. Different types of stars have different types of stellar winds.

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  • 52706main hstorion lg

    This is thought to show the wind from the star L.L. Orionis generating a bow shock (the bright Arc) as it collides with what lies beyond

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