http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap100506.html
Northern and Southern Owls
In this picture we can see two balls of blue and red circles that appear to be the same shape. This is described as two glaring owl eyes glaring at Earth.
The circle to the left is M97 and is in the common constellation Ursa Major and even more commonly known as northern hemisphere as Owl Nebula, ans to the right we can see the visual counterpart of this same nebula, this is what we would really see if we looked into a telescope. They are about 2,000 times the width of Neptune's orbit. Nebula like this are only caused by the final phase in the life of the sun-like star.
Friday, May 7, 2010
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