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Title: 'Cosmic Eye' Photographed Staring Across Space
Post by: Chris_ on February 26, 2009, 11:46:59 AM

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'Cosmic Eye' Photographed Staring Across Space

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A spectacular "cosmic eye" has been photographed in space by a telescope in Chile, showing a distant nebula in which sunlike stars are burning themselves out.

The image of the Helix nebula, which lies 700 light years away in the constellation Aquarius, was captured with the Wide Field Imager instrument at the La Silla Observatory high above the Atacama Desert.

The Helix is a planetary nebula — a kind of stellar old people's home, in which stars at the end of their lives shed clouds of gas, often creating intricate patterns that shine with great beauty.

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Ever have that feeling that you're being watched?   :uhsure:

Title: Re: 'Cosmic Eye' Photographed Staring Across Space
Post by: DumbAss Tanker on February 26, 2009, 12:03:04 PM

So Sauron really has a blue eyes...who knew?

Title: Re: 'Cosmic Eye' Photographed Staring Across Space
Post by: MarshallLaw on February 26, 2009, 12:33:13 PM

Okay, if that thing blinks, I'm gonna sh*t myself.

Title: Re: 'Cosmic Eye' Photographed Staring Across Space
Post by: Ptarmigan on February 26, 2009, 01:31:55 PM

Helix Nebula is one of the closest and largest planetary nebulas. You can see it with your own telescope under good sky conditions.

Title: Re: 'Cosmic Eye' Photographed Staring Across Space
Post by: Airwolf on February 26, 2009, 05:10:24 PM

I knew it CBS is run by aliens