'Cosmic Eye' Photographed Staring Across Space

A spectacular "cosmic eye" has been photographed in space by a telescope in Chile, showing a distant nebula in which sunlike stars are burning themselves out

I want to get this photo blown up and framed, it is that beautiful! it is referred to as a planetary nebula, I don't thing anything like this has ever been photographed. Man, I can' wait to get my telescope! I have one ordered and will get it in a few short weeks!

edit to add the link I forgot, oopps! www.foxnews.com...

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OMG! That is gorgeous!




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WOW! That is beautiful!!

Thanks for posting that!

I hope you get a good view of it with your telescope!

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Thanks, I am not even patient when it come to the telescope! I am dying to get it! I decided to get one this year, I used to have a nice one but lost it in the divorce (really, lol!). Can't wait to stare into space all night!

I remember seeing them show this on the history channel, alot of people have already nicknamed it Gods Eye.

Some of these pictures they take are extremely amazing.

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Thanks, I am not even patient when it come to the telescope! I am dying to get it! I decided to get one this year, I used to have a nice one but lost it in the divorce (really, lol!). Can't wait to stare into space all night!

Well make sure if you see anything cool to let us know

Sorry you lost the nice telescope in your divorce...divorces suck that way unfortuately...

It truly is a stunning photo


now if only we can photograph the rest of the face.

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I think I remember it being talked about recently too on discovery, but I hadn't seen it, now that I have I must say no wonder they call it 'God's Eye'.

Wow, that is beautiful


The Helix Nebula, NGC 7293, as spotted by the Wide Field Imager at the European Southern Observatory in Chile

thanks alot

Here can be found the article from La Silla observatory, link, there's also a high resolution image, here.
Thanks for sharing, and yes, I agree with Majorion, it is beautiful

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