Website review: APOD: 2007 April 29 - NGC 6302: Bi...
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starspirit discovered 15 months ago- The bright clusters and nebulae of planet Earth's night sky are often named for flowers or insects, and NGC 6302 is no exception. With an estimated surface temperature of about 250,000 degrees C, the central star of this particular planetary nebula is exceptionally hot though -- shining brightly in ultraviolet light but hidden from direct view by a dense torus of dust. Above is a dramatically detailed close-up of the dying star's nebula recorded by the Hubble Space Telescope. Cutting across a bright cavity of ionized gas, the dust torus surrounding the central star is in the upper right corner of this view, nearly edge-on to the line-of-sight. Molecular hydrogen has recently been detected in this hot star's dusty cosmic shroud. NGC 6302 lies about 4,000 light-years away in the arachnologically correct constellation Scorpius.
- laodan rated 15 months ago
- NGC 6302: Big, Bright, Bug Nebula in Nasa's Astronomy Picture of the Day
NGC 6302: Big, Bright, Bug Nebula Credit: A. Zijlstra (UMIST) et al., ESA, NASA Explanation: The bright clusters and nebulae of planet Earth's night sky are often named for flowers or insects, and NGC 6302 is no exception. With an estimated surface temperature of about 250,000 degrees C, the central star of this particular planetary nebula is exceptionally hot though -- shining brightly in ultraviolet light but hidden from direct view by a dense torus of dust. Above is a dramatically detailed close-up of the dying star's nebula recorded by the Hubble Space Telescope. Cutting across a bright cavity of ionized gas, the dust torus surrounding the central star is in the upper right corner of this view, nearly edge-on to the line-of-sight. Molecular hydrogen has recently been detected in this hot star's dusty cosmic shroud. NGC 6302 lies about 4,000 light-years away in the arachnologically correct constellation Scorpius. NGC 6302: Big, Bright, Bug Nebula Astronomy Picture of the Day Archive
Again an image of something our eyes can't see directly. An image given by the brain that searches to understand what lays out of reach of our eyes. That image is intended for our eyes that will then transmit to our brain their visual impression in order for the brain to gain a better grasp of what lays there out of what our eyes can see... What is striking is the beauty of those images. The least we can say is that they represent the contemporary avant-garde of visual representation. Artists better take notice for if they miss what is going on here they are bound to fall out of the history of what is coming... See my post What is it with Postmodernism that irks in the "intellectual" narrative?
- NGC 6302: Big, Bright, Bug Nebula in Nasa's Astronomy Picture of the Day
