Comments on: The Helix screams in infrared http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2012/01/19/the-helix-screams-in-infrared/ Wed, 21 Nov 2012 15:12:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: stardustspeck http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2012/01/19/the-helix-screams-in-infrared/#comment-320193 stardustspeck Sun, 29 Jan 2012 04:21:20 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=43309#comment-320193 I just thought you might like to know about this image: http://iopscience.iop.org/1538-3881/123/1/346/fulltext/201366.fg6.html It's not as hi-resolution, but it's also over a decade old and was taken on a 1-meter telescope nr San Diego. It seems a little odd that ESO is claiming to see something that has never been seen before. And if we want a more detailed view we can look at: http://iopscience.iop.org/0004-637X/700/2/1067/fulltext/apj_700_2_1067.figures.html - although, admittedly, this one doesn't cover the entire nebula... I just thought you might like to know about this image: http://iopscience.iop.org/1538-3881/123/1/346/fulltext/201366.fg6.html
It’s not as hi-resolution, but it’s also over a decade old and was taken on a 1-meter telescope nr San Diego. It seems a little odd that ESO is claiming to see something that has never been seen before. And if we want a more detailed view we can look at: http://iopscience.iop.org/0004-637X/700/2/1067/fulltext/apj_700_2_1067.figures.html – although, admittedly, this one doesn’t cover the entire nebula…

]]> By: Looking through Gods Eye! « It dont Matter! http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2012/01/19/the-helix-screams-in-infrared/#comment-320192 Looking through Gods Eye! « It dont Matter! Sat, 21 Jan 2012 04:45:34 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=43309#comment-320192 [...] The Helix screams in infrared (blogs.discovermagazine.com) [...] [...] The Helix screams in infrared (blogs.discovermagazine.com) [...]

]]> By: CREEEEEED! http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2012/01/19/the-helix-screams-in-infrared/#comment-320191 CREEEEEED! Fri, 20 Jan 2012 06:54:25 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=43309#comment-320191 Better keep an eye one this thing. Never known when the next Black Crusade might come pouring out... Better keep an eye one this thing. Never known when the next Black Crusade might come pouring out…

]]> By: sam http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2012/01/19/the-helix-screams-in-infrared/#comment-320190 sam Fri, 20 Jan 2012 05:55:30 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=43309#comment-320190 ooo that's hot ooo that’s hot

]]> By: kevbo http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2012/01/19/the-helix-screams-in-infrared/#comment-320189 kevbo Thu, 19 Jan 2012 21:31:01 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=43309#comment-320189 I see goatse. I've been spending too much time on regretsy.com...curse you Helen Killer! I see goatse.

I’ve been spending too much time on regretsy.com…curse you Helen Killer!

]]> By: SkyGazer http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2012/01/19/the-helix-screams-in-infrared/#comment-320188 SkyGazer Thu, 19 Jan 2012 18:21:35 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=43309#comment-320188 Totally Off Topic: More Mars Meteorites Found In Marocco: http://www.google.com/search?q=mars+meteorite+marocco&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:nl:official&client=firefox-a (posted the google instead of just an article so there is more info). BTW I totally love my 9 mg weighing Mars Rock: https://public.blu.livefilestore.com/y1pJ_PsRaC3rAoJLBh8J5HSqHU08jaas9l5kyW6XccCDoq5oJsgrs_371fhYX1loxTNKi5xDxo0ddUE8jtdCm7tEw/IMGP0261.JPG?psid=1 Totally Off Topic:
More Mars Meteorites Found In Marocco:

http://www.google.com/search?q=mars+meteorite+marocco&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:nl:official&client=firefox-a
(posted the google instead of just an article so there is more info).

BTW I totally love my 9 mg weighing Mars Rock:
https://public.blu.livefilestore.com/y1pJ_PsRaC3rAoJLBh8J5HSqHU08jaas9l5kyW6XccCDoq5oJsgrs_371fhYX1loxTNKi5xDxo0ddUE8jtdCm7tEw/IMGP0261.JPG?psid=1

]]> By: Rick Hunter http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2012/01/19/the-helix-screams-in-infrared/#comment-320187 Rick Hunter Thu, 19 Jan 2012 16:51:49 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=43309#comment-320187 I don't see a "helix" on this nebula but I do see a "cat's eye" about to pounce on me whenever I see a photo of it. Why not call this a Cat Eye nebula? I don’t see a “helix” on this nebula but I do see a “cat’s eye” about to pounce on me whenever I see a photo of it. Why not call this a Cat Eye nebula?

]]> By: MNP http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2012/01/19/the-helix-screams-in-infrared/#comment-320186 MNP Thu, 19 Jan 2012 16:41:45 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=43309#comment-320186 Yep, looks like an eye to me too. Yep, looks like an eye to me too.

]]> By: Studynot http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2012/01/19/the-helix-screams-in-infrared/#comment-320185 Studynot Thu, 19 Jan 2012 15:59:14 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=43309#comment-320185 Dang, Lorne Schneider beat me to it... totally looks like the Eye of Sauron to me! Dang, Lorne Schneider beat me to it…

totally looks like the Eye of Sauron to me!

]]> By: Trebuchet http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2012/01/19/the-helix-screams-in-infrared/#comment-320184 Trebuchet Thu, 19 Jan 2012 15:49:06 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=43309#comment-320184 Unlike #2 and #4, the first thing I thought of was the Larry Niven/Jerry Pournelle story, The Mote in God's Eye. Beautiful! Unlike #2 and #4, the first thing I thought of was the Larry Niven/Jerry Pournelle story, The Mote in God’s Eye. Beautiful!

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