The Hubble Space Telescope's Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 has captured a striking image of a lumpy nebula in the constellation Camelopardis, a.k.a. "The Giraffe."
NGC 1501 formed when a massive star shed its outer layers, sending plasma into space. Scientists noted that the nebula is unusual because the star is in the core of the nebula's cloud. The unusual star led to the nebula's nickname, the "Oyster Nebula," for its pearl-like appearance.
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