Astrobrendy | The Keyhole Nebula

The Keyhole Nebula is the largest diffuse nebula in the sky. This is a close-up of NGC 3372, which covers two degrees of sky (four times the width of the moon). The large star on the left is 100 times the size of our sun.

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