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The space turtle, NGC 6210 in Hercules,  is a bright bluish planetary in the constellation  Hercules. In the below image four jets can be seen extending outward from the central gas cloud.

Image taken on April 20, 2006 at 06:30 UT from Louisville, CO with Celestron Nexstar11 telescope, Meade F3.3 focal reducer, and Astrovid Stellacam II video camera. Camera set to integrate 128 frames, medium gamma, and 9/14 gain. Image was dark subtracted, flat field and bias corrected.

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