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The 3D structure of the nebula likely consists of two shells of gas, formed when the star lost its outer layers at the end of its lifetime, and an hourglass-shaped central cavity excavated by the winds of the dying star.

Fig. 5. from Guerrero et al. 2003
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2003AJ....125.3213G/abstract