A New View
Sorta of looks like a giant eye, doesn't it?
Picture is from Space.com
The Helix Nebula gets a new look in this Spitzer Space Telescope view released today.
This image, released today at the 207th meeting of the American Astronomical Society in Washington D.C., offers a new portrait of the Helix Nebula.
While named after its apparent coil structure, previous studies have shown it consists of two vast disks of gas arranged almost perpendicular to each other. The Helix Nebula sits about 650 light-years from Earth toward the constellation Aquarius.
You can read the rest about this beautiful nebula at Space.com.
posted by SEAWITCH at
8:01:00 PM
8 Comments:
That is cool.
Very cool.
I love how mystical that shot feels.
Is that the one they call "the eye of God" ?
http://images.google.com.au/images?q=the+eye+of+god&hl=en&btnG=Search+Images
It sure is a magnificent picture. I wonder whats out there.........
esther,
It's beautiful.
patrick,
According to Space.com, it's called the Helix Nebula.
patrick,
I did a little more research. NASA has never referred to it as the eye of god. A composite of pictures of the Helix Nebula has made the e-mail circuit by that name.
http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_eye_of_god.htm
The photo in the post was taken from the Spitzer Telescope and was recently released by the American Astronomical Society.
It sure is a great pic....Thanks for doing my work for me!
patrick,
You're welcome and it is a great pic.
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