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Gemini South Telescope Focuses on Butterfly Nebula


To celebrate 25 years since the completion of the International Gemini Observatory, students in Chile voted for the Gemini South telescope to image the Butterfly Nebula, which is also known as NGC 6302, the Bug Nebula, or Caldwell 69.

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