NGC 1514, also known as the Crystal Ball Nebula, as seen by the Gemini North Telescope at Maunakea in Hawaii. (Image credit: International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA. Image Processing: J. Miller & M. Rodriguez (International Gemini Observatory/NSF NOIRLab), T.A. Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage/NSF NOIRLab), D. de Martin & M. Zamani (NSF NOIRLab))
A breathtaking image from the Gemini North telescope in Hawaii has us gazing into a cosmic crystal ball.
The image captures the Crystal Ball Nebula, or NGC 1514, a planetary nebula found some 1,500 light-years away from us in the constellation Taurus, the Bull.
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