Astronomy Picture of the Day . ... 15.10.1997 . ... Credit: R. Sahai ( JPL ), L. Nyman ( ESO ) Explanation: A cold wind blows from the central star of the Boomerang Nebula. Seen here in a false color image of dust reflected starlight, the nebula lies about 5,000 light-years away. The boomerang shaped cloud appears to have been created by a high-speed wind of gas and dust blowing from an aging central star at speeds of over 300,000 miles per hour. ... Publications with keywords: nebula - wind . ...