A Giant Red Eye Out in Space..

Photography — Slorker on July 27, 2007 at 7:24 pm

Helix Nebula

Dust makes this cosmic eye look red. This eerie Spitzer Space Telescope
image shows infrared radiation from the well-studied Helix Nebula (NGC
7293), which is a mere 700 light-years away in the constellation
Aquarius. The two light-year diameter shroud of dust and gas around a
central white dwarf has long been considered an excellent example of a
planetary nebula, representing the final stages in the evolution of a
sun-like star. (source)

9 Comments »

  1. Impressive! Thanks for posting this fusion of science and art.

    Comment by Norski — February 16, 2008 @ 7:45 am

  2. cool!

    Comment by Peter — February 16, 2008 @ 8:11 am

  3. FOOOOOF!!

    Comment by Foofy — February 16, 2008 @ 12:29 pm

  4. Absolutely stupendous. A giant all seeing eye in the sky.

    Comment by cjsavvy — February 16, 2008 @ 1:14 pm

  5. No, not dust makes it red. It was artificially colored. You can see it in the web under various names in different colorings like “Eye of God” or “Eye of Sauron” and such…

    Still a nice pic.

    Comment by Al — February 16, 2008 @ 3:46 pm

  6. Sweet.

    Comment by Jack — February 16, 2008 @ 8:35 pm

  7. Al is right, this image is heavily edited. Try nasa.gov for the real pic.

    http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/image_feature_486.html

    Comment by Entropy — February 19, 2008 @ 3:46 pm

  8. I believe this is called a… God’s Eye or summat…

    Comment by Jacob — February 22, 2008 @ 2:09 am

  9. no, it’s known as “sauron”….

    Comment by bill m — March 2, 2008 @ 3:23 pm

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