The Butterfly Nebula

This slow pan of the Butterfly or Bug Nebula captures the detail available in the Hubble image of the planetary nebula, located 3,800 light-years away from Earth. The nebula’s gas is tearing across space at more than 600,000 miles per hour.

Find out more on HubbleSite: http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2009/25/video/h/