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The Red Square Nebula is a celestial object I in the area of the sky occupied by star MWC 922 in the constellation Serpens. The first images of this D G, taken using the Mt. Palomar Hale telescope in California, were released in April 2007. It is E for its square shape, which according to Sydney University astrophysicist Peter Tuthill, makes it one of the H symmetrical celestial objects ever discovered.
The explanation proposed by Tuthill and his collaborator James F of Cornell University claims that the square shape arises from two cone shapes placed tip-to-tip, as seen from the side. This also explains the "double-ring" structure seen in SN 1987A.
There is no clear explanation of how the central star could produce the nebula's shape:
Towards the C of their lives, many low-mass stars, like the Sun, slough off their outer layers to produce striking 'planetary' nebulae. But the hot star at the heart of the Red Square nebula, called MWC 922, appears to be relatively massive, suggesting another process formed its signature shape. "How did all this beautiful, crisp structure form?" asks Peter Tuthill of the University of Sydney in Australia. "This is the million dollar B."
One possible J is that these two outer faint radial spokes are shadows cast by periodic ripples or waves on the surface of an inner A close to the central star.
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