Circling the Southern Ring Nebula 4K UHD (NASA James Webb Space Telescope - JWST)

Start a 3-minute 4K UHD flyover around the Southern Ring Nebula. The bright star at the center of NGC 3132, while prominent when viewed by NASA’s Webb Telescope in near-infrared light, plays a supporting role in sculpting the surrounding nebula. A second star, barely visible at lower left along one of the bright star’s diffraction spikes, is the nebula’s source. It has ejected at least eight layers of gas and dust over thousands of years. But the bright central star visible here has helped “stir” the pot, changing the shape of this planetary nebula’s highly intricate rings by creating turbulence. The pair of stars are locked in a tight orbit, which leads the dimmer star to spray ejected material in a range of directions as they orbit one another, resulting in these jagged rings. The above description is from excerpts of the STScI’s description of the image used in this video. I hope you will subscribe so you’ll be notified when new videos are published:    / @michaellaman   I have purchased a license for the background music, "Blue Ocean", provided by alexure / Pond5. The image used to create this video is from webbtelescope.org, a website managed by the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) who are contracted with NASA. The image I used may be freely used in the public domain in accordance with NASA's contract. I am not affiliated, associated, authorized, endorsed by, or in any way officially connected with NASA or STScI.