Wednesday, December 2, 2009

The Big Picture Hubble Advent Calendar

They fine folks at the Boston Globe are doing another Hubble Space Telescope Advent Calendar. It started yesterday will feature a different Hubble image each day until December 25th. Here is the first image


This is NGC 2818, a planetary nebula. It is star that ended its life and shed off its outer layers. Our Sun will end its life as a planetary nebula.

Be sure to check back each day for the new picture.

4 comments:

kkdither said...

Gee doc, I think I see an ant...

SER said...

When our son ends it life, I'm thining there will be a new meaning to winter...!

drewzepmeister said...

Pretty colors!

OrbsCorbs said...

Far out!

Literally.