#eye of sauron nebula

[astronomypolls]

[big-low-t]

MyCn 18: The Engraved Hourglass Planetary Nebula

[niftyandinterestingstuff]

Helix Nebula NGC 7293 Known in popular culture as "God's Eye" and sometimes the "Eye of Sauron"

[zspin]

Helix Nebula NGC 7293  Known in popular culture as "God's Eye" and sometimes the "Eye of Sauron"

niftyandinterestingstuff

[cosmic-perspective]

The Helix Nebula, or the "Eye of Sauron" is one of the closest planetary nebulae to us 650 ly away.

This picture has been a game changer for me.

[das-blut]

So I tried to make a nebula but it looks more like Sauron’s eye into a wormhole.

[malebeja1]

• Biblically accurate Michael •

Michael without his helmet. The design is inspired by the appearance of the Helix Nebula.

• Curious Fact •

The Helix Nebula has sometimes been referred to as the "Eye of God" in pop culture, as well as the "Eye of Sauron".

[bug-finder-tyria]

Your plan doesn't matter because the only people who don't want you dead are ants compared to those that do want you dead.

To name a few things that could happen to you

John erases your sentience

John alters reality so that every millisecond you experience all the pain everyone in the world has ever experienced

Weather annihilates your sight or understanding of the universe or other insane eldritch shit

The eye of sauron plonks you in the boomerang nebula and you become sus

The house of leaves traps you

An ice person freezes you eternally

Genny erases all your memories

ReSet takes your sentience

Pheriya sends you into a permanent coma

Adonis eats you

Yeah. Seems about right.

Especially since I don’t have Elysium to back me up anymore.

[kronehaze]

Top 5 celestial bodies?

I only have 3 off the top of my head so

Skull nebula

Hourglass nebula (looks more like an eye tho doesn’t it?)

Found a fourth while looking for hourglass

The Lagoon (it makes the list cuz it’s pretty and it’s visible from earth with just binoculars ! If you can find a place where you can actually see the fuckin stars)

The actual intended number 3

the Helix nebula also called the eye of god and eye of Sauron lol

And huh would you look at that I accidentally found my 5th cuz I misremembered the name of the helix nebula and I thought it was called “cats eye”

Cats eye nebula

I didn’t like the image of it that I saw previously but I love this one (it’s not the main one the wiki uses tho so ye)

Don’t mind the fact that I named all nebulas, I do know a few funky planets but there’s so many really pretty pictures of nebulas…

[quiltofstars]

The Helix Nebula, NGC 7293 // Juan Pablo

[therealuniverse]

Helix Nebula Any LOTR fans out there? Like the giant eye of Sauron in the movies, the Helix Nebula resembles a very large cosmic eye. Officially called NGC 7293, the Helix Nebula is also referred to as “The Eye of God” or “The Eye of Sauron”. This stellar “eyeball” is actually a planetary nebula located about 650 light-years away in the constellation Aquarius. First discovered in the 18th century, these types of nebulae were named in error due to their resemblance of gas-giant planets. It is actually the remnants of a sun-like star. Like our sun, this star spent its life converting hydrogen into helium in nuclear fusion reactions within the core. After the hydrogen and helium fuel sources are exhausted, the star will blow off its outer layers and become a white dwarf.

The image seen here is a combined image from the Spitzer Space Telescope, the Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX), and the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE). In death, the star’s outer gaseous layers unraveled into space and appear to glow due to the intense ultraviolet radiation being pumped from the star’s core. The purple center is an ultraviolet/infrared combination of dust that circles the actual star. The dust is likely a result of comets that survived the death of the star. -ALT Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech https://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/image_feature_2368.html Our previous post on the Helix Nebula: http://on.fb.me/WK99u5

[astronomypolls]

[generousfreakhandsstudent-blog]

NGC-7293 helix Nebula

[the-ruler-of-rabbits]

8, 10, 12, 15, 27, 34, 47 (yes, this is semi revenge for the FOUR asks you shoved into my own inbox)

Mwahahahahaha! I'll send you the whole fucking list if the mood strikes me!

8: what artistic medium do you use to express your feelings?

Poetry, usually. Open up the Google doc, hit enter a bunch until I can't see anything else, and write.

10: do you sleep on your back, side, or stomach?

Stomach. It's so much more comfortable. It's like you're being squished, but under your own bodyweight.

12: what’s your favorite planet?

Neptune! I just think it's neat.

15: go google a weird space fact and tell us what it is!

The Helix Nebula is one of the closest stellar nebulae to our solar system, at 655±13 light-years away! I can't even comprehend how immensely far away that is.

Also, it looks like this:

Behold, the "Eye Of Sauron"

27: what’s your favorite bubblegum flavor?

I don't know. I like spearmint, but that might just be the nostalgia talking?

47: what food do you think should be banned from the universe?

34: tell us about the stuffed animal you kept as a kid. what is it called? what does it look like? do you still keep it?

I had a lil glow-in-the-dark rabbit named Rachel! She's got human-ish proportions (think typical baby toy) and yeah, she sits on my dresser next to the head of my bed now.

Octopus. They're dubiously sentient. (Dubiously because we don't know exactly how their brains work, since they're structured so differently) It just... Feels wrong to eat them.

Also they taste like rubber dipped in fish sauce.

[still-searching-for-et]

Helix Nebula full resolution processed taken in my backyard

[scooby-doo-exploration]

FROM :  without-ado  -  ‘The Eye of Sauron’ - closeup of the Helix Nebula