Sunday, December 28, 2008

REAL ESTATE FROM BEYOND THE GALAXY!

Not much chance of these "properties" coming on the market any time soon but these pictures from the Hubble Telescope are so astounding that I thought they were worth sharing.
Enjoy . . .

The Sombrero Galaxy - 28 million light years from Earth - was voted best picture takenby the Hubble telescope. The dimensions of the galaxy, officially called M104, are as spectacular as its appearance It has 800 billion suns and is 50,000 light years across.


The Ant Nebula (2nd place): a cloud of dust and gas whose technical name is Mz3, resembles an ant when observed using ground-based telescopes.. The nebula lies within our galaxy between 3,000 and 6,000 light years from Earth.


In third place is Nebula NGC 2392, called 'Eskimo' because it looks like a face surrounded by a furry hood. The hood is, in fact, a ring of comet-shaped objects flying away from a dying star. Eskimo is 5,000 light years from Earth.



At four is the Cat's Eye Nebula.



The Hourglass Nebula (5th place), 8,000 light years away, has a 'pinched-in-the-middle' look because the winds that shape it are weaker at the center.


In sixth place is the Cone Nebula. The part pictured here is 2.5 light years in length (the equivalent of 23 million return trips to the Moon).


The Trifid Nebula. A 'stellar nursery', 9,000 light years from here, it is where new stars are being born.

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