Can be viewed HERE

very beautiful

ooooh prettyyyyyy

Whats interesting is that its 650 light years away , which means this technically happened 650 years ago . It tis an image of the past

looks like it's looking at you

It does look like it's looking at you.............

WoW .. this is very beautiful .. and amazing ..
Joc .. I loved what you did with the eye .. (the blinking)

Great job on the blinking thing joc

beautiful

impresseive

very very nice

but.. does it still look like this today? since that is what it looked like 650 years ago...

That is a stunning image!

Wow!

That's so cool.

And we are going to take huble down?

Yes, but not until they've replaced it with a next generation unit that will be many times more powerful and technologically superior, so don't despair PP. There's a couple of threads already on the forum that provide more detail, try the search function to find them, or there's quite a bit of information that can be found on the NASA website.

Magikman

with such beautiful things in the universe, how can you not......smile!

I think it looks awesome Who knows,maybe someone really IS watching over us.

That is very beautiful and mysterious looking

if that was 650 years years ago that happend what would god look at back in the 13th or 14th century........get my drift

thats looks really nice
i like it

What a crackin shade of blue that is. A stunnin piccie MM

Cool good find!

For one thing i should mention that i don't acually believe in god. I got this trough an email sent to me by a friend, but i suspect that its on NASA's website as well. In case anyone wants to check its www.nasa.gov But I have no clue what this acually is. It sure is pretty though, anyone have any ideas?

It's beautiful. I would assume it was a Galaxie or Nebula or something.
Calling it 'Eye of God' is only going to cause trouble though. Watch.

I think it might be a planetary nebula or whatever the nebula that forms after a sun has died is called.

its definately a Nebula...I forget the real name of it. There's a thread about it somewhere on here, with some more beautiful pics.

edit: It's the Helix Nebula. Here's another thread about it:
clickety

and Here are some more beautiful pics

Oh my, how preety. thanks for posting.

I believe when this picture was released National Geographic called it The Eye of God . NASA denies they named it that. But it is a stunning picture

but suns are big enough, only stars don't, and yes i know suns are technically really big stars, but what we are looking at here is size os it does matter.

if it's 650 light years away, it will only takes 650 years for us to see it as it looks today. but if you look at it trough the hubble teleskope it will be less then 650 years i belive, since you get a closer look at it then, or mabey not. It depends on how long time the light takes to reach us, so when i think of it, i gues it takes just as long for it to reach hubble, it only enlarges the image but dosent make it closer*starts mumbling to himself*

Hey Gabe! Stop talking like that!
(Jeg har også registrert meg Ole Kristian!)
Oh sorry! I was just talking another language...
Listen Dudes: If the sun fades and dissapers it will take us some time to notice anything! Cuz the light takes a time to reach us!
As far as we know, That 'eye' can be gone for a while now!
I hope you guys understands me...

dagi!!!! see UniversalAbsurdity this is dagi

Edit:
Please use the English language on this board, or use PM's. Thank you.

Pretty.

Its a Chupa!

oh wait, wrong forum..... :\

Just thing how infinitely large that thing is.....

What a beautiful picture!

Totally and completly AWESOME!!!!

It's beautiful!








Wait a minute!

I collect pics of nebulas, so I have seen this one before, and it is known as 'The Eye of God'. I think nebulas are the most beautiful part of space, and this one is no exception.

I dont know if anyone has heard of this beofre, but i recently found it on the web its called "the Eye fo GOD', and its suppose to be a cobo of pictures taken by NASA. Some people says its a hoax, i'd rather believe that the Universe has beautifull things like this for all to see ...

The phenomenon in the amazing image above is real. The Helix Nebula is a planetary nebula about 650 light-years from Earth. It's a popular target for astronomers because, due to its relative proximity, it's easily viewed through binoculars or telescope.

However, the image above is not a true "picture" in the technical sense of the word. Rather, it is a computer-generated and enhanced mosaic of nine separate photographs taken by the Hubble telescope and combined with a wider image captured by the National Science Foundation's telescope at Kitt Peak National Optical Astronomy Observatory near Tucson, Arizona. It is a scientific representation of what the nebula might look like.

Despite its resemblance to the human eye in this 2-dimensional image, the Helix Nebula is actually a spiral cylinder more than one trillion kilometers long. Since it points directly toward Earth, it looks like a bubble (or eye) to us, rather than the tube-like structure it really is.
personally i LOVE IT !, and I just felt like sharing it with everyone!!

that looks awesome

Beautiful!

And in the spirit of extra-terrestial "WoW!" :*More beautiful right here*










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dude, there is no such thing as "suns" the word "sun" is the name of our solar systems star

Just 650 years, Not 650 million.

Wow, thats absolutely beautiful.
And the pics that whispers posted are beautiful as well.
Thanks.

Nothing surpasses the natural beauty of the universe.

pics dont work nemore

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