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"The Hand of God." A new image of an unusual nebula, a supernova remnant shaped like a hand, which is why it has been unofficially nicknamed the "Hand of God." Roughly in the center of the nebula is the pulsar B1509-58, a rapidly rotating neutron star with a diameter of only about 20 kilometers. There are two separate nebulae here: the "hand" itself, the nebula MSH 15-52, and above in the image, in red tones, the hot plasma nebula RCW 89, formed by the shock wave of the supernova. The size of the "hand" in diameter is about 150 light-years. The image is composite and combines observations in the visible, X-ray, and radio ranges.