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26taurus Knowflake Posts: 16563 From: * Registered: Jun 2004	posted April 07, 2009 06:29 AM Cosmic Hand Reaches for the Light By SPACE.com Staff posted: 04 April 2009 10:37 am ET Tiny and dying but still-powerful stars called pulsars spin like crazy and light up their surroundings, often with ghostly glows. So it is with PSR B1509-58, which long ago collapsed into a sphere just 12 miles in diameter after running out of fuel. And what a strange scene this one has created. In a new image from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, high-energy X-rays emanating from the nebula around PSR B1509-58 have been colored blue to reveal a structure resembling a hand reaching for some eternal red cosmic light. The star now spins around at the dizzying pace of seven times every second -- as pulsars do -- spewing energy into space that creates the scene. Strong magnetic fields, 15 trillion times stronger than the Earth's magnetic field, are thought to be involved, too. The combination drives an energetic wind of electrons and ions away from the dying star. As the electrons move through the magnetized nebula, they radiate away their energy as X-rays. The red light actually a neighboring gas cloud, RCW 89, energized into glowing by the fingers of the PSR B1509-58 nebula, astronomers believe. The scene, which spans 150 light-years, is about 17,000 light years away, so what we see now is how it actually looked 17,000 years ago, and that light is just arriving here. A light-year is the distance light travels in a year, about 6 trillion miles (10 trillion kilometers). http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/090404-chandra-nebula.html IP: Logged
26taurus Knowflake Posts: 16563 From: * Registered: Jun 2004	posted April 07, 2009 06:41 AM look at these stunning images IC-1396 looks like a woman walking away... Omega Nebula IP: Logged
LEXX Moderator Posts: 3923 From: Still out looking for Schrödinger's cat.........& LEXIGRAMMING... is my Passion! Registered: Jan 2008	posted April 07, 2009 08:13 AM Beautiful! ------------------ A show of envy is an insult to oneself. ~Yevgeny Alexandrovich Yevtushenko The jealous are troublesome to others, but a torment to themselves. ~William Penn, Some Fruits of Solitude, 1693 IP: Logged
26taurus Knowflake Posts: 16563 From: * Registered: Jun 2004	posted April 11, 2009 08:03 AM IP: Logged
MysticMelody Moderator Posts: 5293 From: Registered: Dec 2005	posted April 11, 2009 07:50 PM The hand looks like it is reaching up to heal a bleeding wound to me. That woman one is astounding too. Thought it was fake on first glance. Thought "noooo wayyy", that actually has air brushed wings or something, but then I looked a second time. The last ones bring the beginning of "It's A Wonderful Life" to mind. IP: Logged
Azalaksh Moderator Posts: 8369 From: New Brighton, MN, USA Registered: Nov 2004	posted April 11, 2009 09:43 PM Where is Mme Node, the Star Lady?? I love those images, T Especially the one from Hubble of Pillars of Creation in the Eagle Nebula..... I think I have a few nice ones saved too -- shall upload IP: Logged
Azalaksh Moderator Posts: 8369 From: New Brighton, MN, USA Registered: Nov 2004	posted April 11, 2009 09:55 PM Reflection Nebula in Orion..... Astro-Entomology?? NGC7009..... A Cosmic Searchlight?? Sombrero Galaxy..... IP: Logged
Node Knowflake Posts: 1438 From: Crowded House Registered: Nov 2005	posted April 11, 2009 10:12 PM Z that NGC looks like Sea Nettles to me infrared helix nebula IP: Logged
writesomething Knowflake Posts: 3281 From: meet me in montauk Registered: May 2006	posted April 11, 2009 10:58 PM I love the pictures. They strongly feel like home to me. IP: Logged
Node Knowflake Posts: 1438 From: Crowded House Registered: Nov 2005	posted April 11, 2009 11:31 PM Particularly fond of the Nebula's IP: Logged
Node Knowflake Posts: 1438 From: Crowded House Registered: Nov 2005	posted April 11, 2009 11:38 PM Whirlpool Galaxy IP: Logged
Node Knowflake Posts: 1438 From: Crowded House Registered: Nov 2005	posted April 11, 2009 11:40 PM IP: Logged
Node Knowflake Posts: 1438 From: Crowded House Registered: Nov 2005	posted April 11, 2009 11:47 PM This ^ I don't know -just saved it IP: Logged
Node Knowflake Posts: 1438 From: Crowded House Registered: Nov 2005	posted April 11, 2009 11:50 PM called eye of god A galaxy mask IP: Logged
MyVirgoMask Knowflake Posts: 3477 From: Florida for now Registered: Sep 2008	posted April 12, 2009 12:36 AM I can't believe how amazing all these pics are!!! Thank you guys for putting these up....they're so easy to 'get lost' in....lovely...thank you, thank you, thank you IP: Logged
katatonic Knowflake Posts: 1521 From: ca, usa Registered: Jan 2008	posted April 12, 2009 03:27 AM the eye of god, indeed. an eye feast at least! thanks - ! IP: Logged
26taurus Knowflake Posts: 16563 From: * Registered: Jun 2004	posted April 12, 2009 07:08 AM Wow......really beautiful. Thank you for sharing. IP: Logged
Node Knowflake Posts: 1438 From: Crowded House Registered: Nov 2005	posted April 12, 2009 10:16 AM quote: THE eye of God indeed You'd be amazed how many are compelled to call some of the images that. This one too, a regular shot of the Helix Nebula... IP: Logged
Node Knowflake Posts: 1438 From: Crowded House Registered: Nov 2005	posted April 12, 2009 10:22 AM My older 'save' file doesn't have the real names in allot of cases. I regret that. And the 'net' posters tend to add their own, unfortunate. Here are some more in the file.. The infamous 'Finger' IP: Logged
Node Knowflake Posts: 1438 From: Crowded House Registered: Nov 2005	posted April 12, 2009 10:25 AM More Party Hats Called Cartwheel Galaxy IP: Logged
Azalaksh Moderator Posts: 8369 From: New Brighton, MN, USA Registered: Nov 2004	posted April 12, 2009 11:08 AM Lady Node ~ Love that 2nd 10:12 pm image (as you can see below)!! I saved a bunch of Hubble images to play with, as they lend themselves well to fiddling in Photoshop kindergarten, making interesting backgrounds..... I'll post a few more in my KTAA thread, but for now: Helix Nebula..... IP: Logged
Azalaksh Moderator Posts: 8369 From: New Brighton, MN, USA Registered: Nov 2004	posted April 12, 2009 11:09 AM Don't have the galaxy appellation for this one..... NGC4438..... And my favorite, the Eagle Nebula..... All of those were made by simply taking the original Hubble shot, flipping it 180 degrees horizontally and vertically, and positioning (mirroring) them together in a square..... IP: Logged
Node Knowflake Posts: 1438 From: Crowded House Registered: Nov 2005	posted April 12, 2009 11:33 AM Love those Zala... One of mine is an X box now...wonder which one it is?? I think I'm Viral IP: Logged
Node Knowflake Posts: 1438 From: Crowded House Registered: Nov 2005	posted April 12, 2009 11:37 AM Love the eagle too IP: Logged
Azalaksh Moderator Posts: 8369 From: New Brighton, MN, USA Registered: Nov 2004	posted April 12, 2009 11:40 AM I'm sorry to hear your computer's sick, Node "The Finger" one I can help with -- that's the Keyhole Nebula.... IP: Logged

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