TruemorsImage Credit: ESA & Digitized Sky Survey (Caltech)
Original Caption:
This delicate Hubble Space Telescope image shows a tiny portion of the Cygnus loop, a supernova remnant in the constellation of Cygnus, the Swan. Measurements on this super-detailed image of a cosmic veil shows that the original supernova explosion took place only 5, 000 years ago.
(A Tantalising Veil)
http://www.spacetelescope.org/news/html/heic0006.html
http://www.spacetelescope.org/images/html/heic0006b.html
http://www.spacetelescope.org/images/large/heic0006b.jpg
See also:
http://www.nowpublic.com/tech-biz/double-helix-nebula
http://www.nowpublic.com/tech-biz/current-filamentation-diagram
A Tantalizing Veil
uploaded by mgmirkin June 21, 2008 at 03:56 am
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NP! ID: 1214432
Title: A Tantalizing Veil
File Size: 1500 × 746 – 258.48 KB
Created: Sat, 06/21/2008 - 3:56am
Modified: Sat, 06/28/2008 - 7:20pm
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