Friday, September 14, 2012

The Pencil Nebula

The European Southern Observatory(ESO) in Chile has released new images of a massive glowing cloud of gas called The Pencil Nebula a.k.a NGC 2736, about 800 light years away from us. The clouds of gas we see is the remnants of a star that exploded 11,000 years ago. To be honest, it doesn't look like any pencil but rather more like a witches' broom to me. But so does alot of other nebulas, i couln't figure out how they look like their names. See for yourself.

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