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Look at this beautiful Nebula.

2014 October 01: The Butterfly Nebula from Hubble.

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Look at this beautiful Nebula.

2014 October 01: The Butterfly Nebula from Hubble.

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That's amazing!!!

archive link: http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap141001.html

Click image to open a zoomable one. It takes a while to load as it's very large, but once it does, you can zoom in (click) and then explore the details.



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Explanation: The bright clusters and nebulae of planet Earth's night sky are often named for flowers or insects. Though its wingspan covers over 3 light-years, NGC 6302 is no exception. With an estimated surface temperature of about 250,000 degrees C, the dying central star of this particular planetary nebula has become exceptionally hot, shining brightly in ultraviolet light but hidden from direct view by a dense torus of dust. This sharp close-up of the dying star's nebula was recorded in 2009 by the Hubble Space Telescope's Wide Field Camera 3, and is presented here in reprocessed colors. Cutting across a bright cavity of ionized gas, the dust torus surrounding the central star is near the center of this view, almost edge-on to the line-of-sight. Molecular hydrogen has been detected in the hot star's dusty cosmic shroud. NGC 6302 lies about 4,000 light-years away in the arachnologically correct constellation of the Scorpion (Scorpius).
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Waves. Thank you for posting the picture. That is a beautiful Nebula. The full spectrum of light in this picture is beautiful. BF
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The butterfly Nebula is a good name for it.

If you google Morpho butterfly pictures,you will see beautiful shades of blue. I just googled this group of butterflies,and saw these shinny shades of blue. There are other beautiful butterflies around the world. BF
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There are so many beautiful things out there in nature. This is kind of a "you've got to stop,and smell the roses..."type of thing.

Society is very brainwashing in the way that it reports bad news. If bad news happens anywhere in the world,it's reported around the world as breaking news immediately. It grips us.

I find that I don't listen to good news to often,because I'm going to get trampled with bad news later. It's very deflating.

I saw a beautiful cloud on the way home from shopping at Wal-Mart on Saturday afternoon. The cloud,and blue sky were beautiful. We just had a cold front move through. It was raining the night before.

I went home thinking,and wondering what's happened today around the world. The news has been so bad recently. Its hard to keep my mind on good things,and there's nothing that I can do about the bad news going on around the world. I can always pray though.

I can keep my mind on the little area around my life,and keep this area safe,positive,and calming. Take a deep breath,and exhale slowly,and think about the beauty of space,or something else that is peaceful,and on the up,and up. BF
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I can keep my mind on the little area around my life,and keep this area safe,positive,and calming. Take a deep breath,and exhale slowly,and think about the beauty of space,or something else that is peaceful,and on the up,and up. BF

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That is how people lived before cars and radio -- kept track of their own little space in the universe.

Keep breathing.

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Full moon tonight Tuesday night / Wed morning.

And complete lunar eclipse Wed:
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/total-lu...-on-wednesday/
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Observers of Wednesday morning's total lunar eclipse might be able to catch sight of an extremely rare cosmic sight.

On Oct. 8, Interested skywatchers should attempt to see the total eclipse of the moon and the rising sun simultaneously. The little-used name for this effect is called a "selenelion," a phenomenon that celestial geometry says cannot happen.

And indeed, during a lunar eclipse, the sun and moon are exactly 180 degrees apart in the sky.

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Comet approach

2014 November 12:Philae Attempts Comet

2014 November 14 Welcome to a comet


OK. We have a real winner here. Amazing. Bulls eye. Horseshoe ringer played in space big time. This type of technology may save the Earth in the future possibly. BF
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You are right. This kind of technical advance may save our species someday. I believe that is the reason why they landed on a comet. That gives us hope that if in some future date some comet threatens we can meet it way the heck out in space and deal with it then. Mankind can do some great things. ginnie
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