在照片的右边，恒星、丝状气体和热尘埃突出了心脏星云红外图景的精彩细节。
On the image right, stars, gaseous filaments, and warm dust highlight a detailed infrared view of the Heart nebula.
象辫子一样层层卷绕的发光丝状气体暗示了这个星云的俗名：水母(美杜萨)星云。
Braided, serpentine filaments of glowing gas suggest this nebula's popular name, The Medusa nebula.
虽然行星状星云阶段持续约1万年，天文学家估计其外晕的丝状物质年龄在5万至9万年间。
While the planetary nebula phase is thought to last for around 10, 000 years, astronomers estimate the age of the outer filamentary portions of this halo to be 50, 000 to 90, 000 years.
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