Monday, May 14, 2007

Oooooo, this is cool.



Cats Eye nebula, 3000 light-years from earth. This is what it looks like when a star explodes. Click to enlarge it.

3 comments:

fuzzbert_1999@yahoo.com said...

Yep, always been one of my favorite shots!

phlegmfatale said...

wow - that cat's eye nebula - reminds me of some really cool beads. Beautiful!

FHB said...

This is the clearest picture of it that i've ever seen. Love that site. Boggles the mind how vast this thing is.