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Hey y'all,


I found this picture in myspace bulletin, and I'm pretty sure it's a picture of an atom, under a microscope. Can anyone tell me what it is? Where was it taken? When was it taken? Who took it?

Definitely not an atom

For one, we can't see atoms yet (at least as clearly as that anyway), and also that looks more like some sort of nebula, perhaps a pulsar.

EDIT: It is in fact the Eskimo Nebula, a planetary nebula formed by a dead star. Found here after a quick Google.

It's not an atom. It's apparently something called "the eye of God", and it's taken by the Hubble telescope (which means it's in space - not quite atom sized).

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Originally posted by Vilkku
It's not an atom. It's apparently something called "the eye of God", and it's taken by the Hubble telescope (which means it's in space - not quite atom sized).

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I got the same answer based on the image location [img]http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m301/kins4U/01-hubble-eye-of-god.jpg[/img]

It's the Helix Nebula

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Originally posted by vaccination
It's the Helix Nebula

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No See my post above.

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Originally posted by ryxdp

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Originally posted by vaccination
It's the Helix Nebula

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No See my post above.

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Yes. The link you posted doesn't even contain the word 'Eskimo'. It just references the image as a Planatery nebula, which indeed it is.

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Originally posted by wiki

The Helix has often been referred to as the Eye of God on the Internet, since about 2003.

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In which case, the image posted by the OP has been named wrongly.

EDIT: oh and now you've changed your link, surprise.

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Originally posted by vaccination

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Originally posted by ryxdp

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Originally posted by vaccination
It's the Helix Nebula

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No See my post above.

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Yes. The link you posted doesn't even contain the word 'Eskimo'. It just references the image as a Planatery nebula, which indeed it is, but to be exact it is the Helix Nubla.

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Originally posted by wiki

The Helix has often been referred to as the Eye of God on the Internet, since about 2003.

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EDIT: oh and now you've changed your link, surprise.

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mindflight.plymouth.edu/mf2001/space/nebula/PN_EskimoNebula.jpg

is the filename of the image at the original link I had.

I changed the link to illustrate further that it was the eskimo nebula. See all the pictures that look just like the OP?

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Originally posted by ryxdp

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Originally posted by vaccination

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Originally posted by ryxdp

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Originally posted by vaccination
It's the Helix Nebula

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No See my post above.

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Yes. The link you posted doesn't even contain the word 'Eskimo'. It just references the image as a Planatery nebula, which indeed it is.

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Originally posted by wiki

The Helix has often been referred to as the Eye of God on the Internet, since about 2003.

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EDIT: oh and now you've changed your link, surprise.

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mindflight.plymouth.edu/mf2001/space/nebula/PN_EskimoNebula.jpg

I changed the link to illustrate further that it was the eskimo nebula. See all the pictures that look just like the OP?

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..er newb, the image url is http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m301/kins4U/01-hubble-eye-of-god.jpg. It is not the 'Eye of God', hence it is named wrongly. Your original link mentioned NOTHING of an Eskimo Nebula.

Edit: I take that last bit back, the url of the image in the original link does reference it as Eskimo.

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Originally posted by vaccination
..er newb, the image url is http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m301/kins4U/01-hubble-eye-of-god.jpg. It is not the 'Eye of God', hence it is named wrongly. Your original link mentioned NOTHING of an Eskimo Nebula.

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Sigh...

I actually went to the trouble of researching stuff before I posted:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC_2392