The first image of a new gaseous component in a planetary nebula.

False color image of the planetary nebula NGC 6778. In blue, the emission associated with weak lines of ion O++ recombination, taken with the OSIRIS tunable filter blue instrument in the GTC. In green, emission of the same ion in the excited lines by coll
False color image of the planetary nebula NGC 6778. In blue, the emission associated with weak lines of ion O++ recombination, taken with the OSIRIS tunable filter blue instrument in the GTC. In green, emission of the same ion in the excited lines by coll
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  • Jorge García Rojas: jogarcia_ext [at] iac.es (jogarcia_ext[at]iac[dot]es)
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