A Star the mass of our sun but only as large as a small town... Colors not explained and apparently Lucy wasn't available to fill in the blanks...(Blues are usually Oxygen, Greens are Helium and Orange/Reds are Hydrogen and/or Sulphur)
Anyway, click the image to go to the APOD site, get more info, click again and again and get the high resolution image where you can play Find the Pope in the Pizza.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BylgQZgg2rXISzdYMGxOYkphcm8/view?usp=sharing
ReplyDeleteEd, Thanks for the soundtrack. ;-)
DeleteThe soundtrack also goes with the "Well Said" badge on the sidebar here.
DeleteLUCY? and FIND THE POPE IN THE PIZZA? I'm lost on this stuff, AS USUAL :-)
ReplyDeletebut what a gorgeous image....they're all so beautiful.......God's EYES!! OKAY, bloodshot eyes. !!
Z, well, Lucy was supposed to Splain it to us. and Finda the Pope-a Ina the Pizza is just a way to get folks to explore this crazy topsey turvey mixed up nebula in greater detail and hopefully find greater inner peace with themselves.
DeleteJust a passing thought. Or two.
We are..so insignificant, aren't we?
ReplyDeleteIMP, I don't know. We sure don't understand much yet though.
DeleteYup ... that's an understatement.
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