Friday, January 05, 2007

Space Blogging



Not a new image from Hubble, but a lovely one. The Bubble Nebula:
The central star of the Bubble Nebula, or NGC 7635, is 40 times more massive than the sun and is responsible for a stellar wind moving at 4 million m.p.h. (6.4 million kilometers per hour), propelling particles off the surface of the star. The "bubble" surface is the outermost edge of the particle wave.

Credit: NASA

3 comments:

AnalĂ­a said...

beautiful image indeed :)

Anonymous said...

That photo is so amazing … are you sure this didn't come from a sci fi fantasy?

Our government lies abt everything else. Can we trust NASA?

But I'd like to believe in something this beautiful.

Anonymous said...

I haven't seen this one in the backyard 'scope. I understand its in Cassiopeia near M52. Maybe I'll look for it when observing conditions are favorable.