Tuesday, December 20, 2005

The Helix Nebula NGC 7293 - Courtesy Nasa/Esa

This detailed picture of the Helix Nebula shows a fine web of filaments, like the spokes of a bicycle, embedded in the colorful red and blue gas ring around this dying star. The Helix Nebula is one of the nearest planetary nebulae to Earth, only 650 light years away.