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Wednesday, August 3, 2011

Ghostly Space Spiral

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     This picture was taken by the NASA Hubble space telescope. This strange spiral pattern (soberly named IRAS 23166+1655...) is designed by a star that is ejecting gas into the space. This star has a binary partner (another star orbiting with it) and this second star modulate the gas, giving it a spiral shape. The two stars are hidden by a dust cloud, that's why they don't appear on the picture.
Another pic of IRAS 23166+1655

     I really like this picture, it's one of my favorite. It's beautiful and a bit weird at the same time.
Posted by Khorne at 5:24 PM
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19 comments:

  1. Jackson.kAugust 3, 2011 at 6:36 PM

    This is so cool! i have a giant orian telescope and i love astronomy. :)Awesome post.

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  2. Electric AddictAugust 3, 2011 at 7:08 PM

    space is so mysterious!

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  3. Heaven.August 3, 2011 at 7:12 PM

    Wow, that is really beautiful.

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  4. MilkyAugust 3, 2011 at 7:17 PM

    Awesome pictures man, cheers!w

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  5. UberbyronAugust 3, 2011 at 7:18 PM

    Cool stuff! Astrology has always fascinated me, thanks for the post.

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  6. Internet Catch Of The DayAugust 3, 2011 at 7:27 PM

    That's an amazing picture, I'd love to see what's out there for myself, but until warp drive becomes a reality I think I might have to be content with a telescope!

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  7. BabyAugust 3, 2011 at 9:50 PM

    i very much enjoyed reading this. awesome

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  8. Dan CarterAugust 3, 2011 at 11:51 PM

    did something about this in physics the other day. Love it

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  9. UnknownAugust 4, 2011 at 12:47 AM

    That's really pretty, we're discovering new things everyday! Too bad Obama is trying to shut it down.

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  10. AnonymousAugust 4, 2011 at 11:47 AM

    The stars and the universe totally fascinate me sometimes I can spend hours just thinking about how massive the universe is. It's quite unsettling.

    +1 Follower

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  11. MoAugust 4, 2011 at 1:00 PM

    Yeah that looks pretty cool
    my favourite is the "eye of god"
    http://0.tqn.com/d/urbanlegends/1/0/-/7/eye_of_god.jpg

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  12. Gaming GeniusAugust 4, 2011 at 1:10 PM

    Looks interesting and weird :O

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  13. Ready to GrowAugust 5, 2011 at 11:31 PM

    very nice. thanks for sharing that!

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  14. SuperCrabbyAugust 6, 2011 at 12:30 AM

    That looks both scary and awesome. +following.

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  15. IngönyamaAugust 7, 2011 at 5:16 PM

    looks beautiful!

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  16. DesoAugust 10, 2011 at 8:06 PM

    Epic pic, and nice name as well.

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  17. AnonymousAugust 10, 2011 at 8:26 PM

    Very beautiful man .Loved

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  18. UnknownAugust 12, 2011 at 12:46 AM

    fuckin legit dude. that looks so awesome.

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  19. KyranAugust 12, 2011 at 5:21 PM

    This is craziness. Can't even imagine all the intense things in space we haven't seen yet.

    +followed

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