the crab nebula up close
lord rosse's crab in super high res.
posted by jmorrison on 12/01 | permalink | send entry

gorgeous. the europeans get some of the best astro pix. see the european souther observatory site (it’s in chile):
http://www.eso.org/outreach/press-rel/pr-2001/phot-27-01.html

posted by  on  12/01  at  06:51 PM


wait: looky here instead:
http://www.eso.org/outreach/gallery/astro/
tha muther lode.

posted by  on  12/01  at  06:53 PM


Found a nebula that looks like dobby, the harry potter house-elf:
http://www.eso.org/outreach/gallery/vlt/images/Top20/Top20/top19.html
And I added that to the wiki on dobby, which ought to create an online stir with the kiddies:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dobby#Trivia

posted by  on  12/01  at  07:09 PM