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A look at M78.
Focussed mainly on the details and a natural colour with some subtle variances in the dust, reflection and emission areas.
Hope you enjoy.
Imaging telescope or lens: Astro-Physics RH 305
Imaging camera: FLI MicroLine 8300 CCD-camera FLI
Mount: Paramount-ME
Software: Pixinsight 1.8
Filters: Astrodon Red, Astrodon Green, Astrodon Blue, Astrodon Luminance
Resolution: 3312x2475
Dates: Nov. 27, 2017, Dec. 21, 2017, Dec. 23, 2017
Frames:
Astrodon Blue: 22x600" bin 1x1
Astrodon Green: 25x600" bin 1x1
Astrodon Luminance: 53x600" bin 1x1
Astrodon Red: 20x600" bin 1x1
Integration: 20.0 hours
NGC 7293 a.k.a. Helix Nebula
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Helix Nebula, also known as the Eye of God, is a planetary nebula that was discovered about 200 years ago by German astronomer Karl Harding and can be found at 650 light-years from Earth, in the constellation of Aquarius. Specialists believe that Helix appeared due to a star relatively similar to the Sun, a star that reached the last stage of its existence and began to release large amounts of energy and gas in the outer space. The calculated diameter of this nebula is almost 3 light years, and the expansion speed exceeds 20 miles / sec.
In the northern hemisphere ( 45 degrees ) Helix can be observed / imaged only during the summer, August being the best month for this, but because it does not rise much in the night sky, those passionate about astrophotography and / or visual observations must use locations with a good opening towards the south, and away from the light pollution of the big cities.
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Equipment and settings:
Mount: Skywatcher Eq6 R
Telescope: 150/750 Newtonian telescope
Camera: ASI 533MC Pro
Total integration: 60 min.
15 light frames x 4 min + calibration frames.
Stacking in Deep Sky Stacker.
Edit in Pixinsight and Lightroom.
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Telescope: Astro-Physics RH 305
Imaging camera: FLI MicroLine 8300 CCD-camera FLI
Mount: Paramount-ME
Software: Pixinsight 1.8
Filters: Astrodon Red, Astrodon Green, Astrodon Blue, Ha 5nm, Astrodon Luminance
Resolution: 3264x2400
Dates: Oct. 12, 2017, Oct. 14, 2017, Oct. 16, 2017
Frames:
Astrodon Blue: 18x600" bin 1x1
Astrodon Green: 18x600" bin 1x1
Astrodon Luminance: 25x600" bin 1x1
Astrodon Red: 17x600" bin 1x1
Ha 5nm: 21x600" bin 1x1
Integration: 16.5 hours
Locations: Deep Sky West Remote Observatory (DSW), Rowe, New Mexico, United States
Been a few weeks since I last processed.
The Helix Nebula is one of those iconic deep sky objects (planetary nebula) that draws you into the hobby.
A lot more difficult to process than I had anticipated! Happy with the result though I will revisit with some much longer exposures for the outer shells.
For those at the International Astronomy Show 2017 I have used both the Lum and the colour stretching approaches I presented.
The “ Eye of God” or The Helix Nebula (NGC 7293) is a planetary nebula located in the constellation Aquarius, at about 650 light years from the Earth. Discovered by Karl Ludwig Harding in the early 19th century, Helix is one of the closest of all the bright planetary nebulae. The central star of the Nebula, a white dwarf remnant of the star that exploded about 10,000–12,000 years ago, gives the resemblance of an eye. When a star like the Sun runs out of fuel, it expands and its outer layers puff off, and then the core of the star shrinks. This phase is known as a "planetary nebula," and astronomers expect our Sun will experience this in about 5 billion years. The blue-green glow in the centre of the Helix comes from oxygen atoms shining under effects of the intense ultraviolet radiation of the 120 000 degree Celsius central star and the hot gas. Further out from the star and beyond the ring of knots, the red colour from hydrogen and nitrogen is more prominent.
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I took this photo in Braives, Belgium, just after rain. This wet
field had no end. There was also this spectacular heavy cloud
with many sunrays...
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End of the Day
A poem by Peter S. Quinn
At end of the day
I am still here
In its many play
Of life everywhere
Dreams going by
Reaching dark deep
In glow in the sky
And earth to reap
Morning that come
In blossoms bright
Never here tiresome
In giving a plight
Of their aspirations
The beautiful still
People and nations
In living fulfill
At end of it all
In rippling waves
When dark befall
On daylight craves
And heavens return
To its sullen shine
After crimson burn
At sunset skyline
Last night's sky was a magnificent thing to behold! From every direction, there were amazing cloud formations, some very unusual. I can't remember when I've seen so much interesting stuff going on at the same time! This was one of the views over my house. I edited it to look the way it did in person, as the camera didn't do it justice. The blue was brilliant, and that was what was so astonishing about it. The clouds were thick, but where they parted, the sky was such a vivid color that it was hard to take your eyes off it!
When I was a kid, I was confirmed in the Episcopal Church. One of the things the bishop who did the ceremony said was to always look up and keep your eyes on God. On days like this, it seems He's looking back.
Locally known as "God's Eye", this feature in Monument Valley is perfectly named. Desert Varnish provides eyelashes and the full moon slides in to fulfill the role of an iris.
Converted to Black and White via Nik's Silver Efex Pro 2
Cheers!
Jeff
NGC 7293 - The Helix Nebula, commonly known as "The Eye of God", or more recently, "The Eye of Sauron", is a large planetary nebula located in the constellation Aquarius. This nebula is one of the closest to the Earth at approximately 700 light-years in distance. It is similar in appearance to the Ring Nebula and Dumbbell Nebula, varying only in its relative proximity and the appearance from the equatorial viewing angle.
A reprocess of some data collected in October 2015. I had been sorely disappointed in my original efforts with this image, thinking my data was just not up to par. But revisiting it with more experience and processing it in a different manner resulted in bringing out its vibrant colours and fine detail and contrast that I had completely lost in my original attempt. I can now "put this to bed", so to speak, as I'm finally satisfied with my results.
Camera geekery:
Nikon D5100
8" Meade LX90 ACF @ f/6.2
Celestron Advanced VX mount, guided
11 x 10 min exposures @ ISO 800
Shot from the Lennox and Addington County Dark Sky Viewing Area in Erinsville, Ontario
The “ Eye of God” or The Helix Nebula (NGC 7293) is a planetary nebula located in the constellation Aquarius, at about 650 light years from the Earth. Discovered by Karl Ludwig Harding in the early 19th century, Helix is one of the closest of all the bright planetary nebulae. The central star of the Nebula, a white dwarf remnant of the star that exploded about 10,000–12,000 years ago, gives the resemblance of an eye. When a star like the Sun runs out of fuel, it expands and its outer layers puff off, and then the core of the star shrinks. This phase is known as a "planetary nebula," and astronomers expect our Sun will experience this in about 5 billion years. The blue-green glow in the centre of the Helix comes from oxygen atoms shining under effects of the intense ultraviolet radiation of the 120 000 degree Celsius central star and the hot gas. Further out from the star and beyond the ring of knots, the red colour from hydrogen and nitrogen is more prominent.
The “ Eye of God” or The Helix Nebula (NGC 7293) is a planetary nebula located in the constellation Aquarius, at about 650 light years from the Earth. Discovered by Karl Ludwig Harding in the early 19th century, Helix is one of the closest of all the bright planetary nebulae. The central star of the Nebula, a white dwarf remnant of the star that exploded about 10,000–12,000 years ago, gives the resemblance of an eye. When a star like the Sun runs out of fuel, it expands and its outer layers puff off, and then the core of the star shrinks. This phase is known as a "planetary nebula," and astronomers expect our Sun will experience this in about 5 billion years. The blue-green glow in the centre of the Helix comes from oxygen atoms shining under effects of the intense ultraviolet radiation of the 120 000 degree Celsius central star and the hot gas. Further out from the star and beyond the ring of knots, the red colour from hydrogen and nitrogen is more prominent.
Entre a vida e a morte, um espaço ; um sonho ; uma ilusão.
A busca pela perfeição ;em nome da vaidade em um breve sopro de vida.
E então no caminho esquecemos de aprender.. e amar .
Dar sentido a esse milagre, a essa fagulha divina.
Palomar en Tierra de Campos. / Dovecote in Tierra de Campos.
♫ Matthew and the Atlas - Out Of The Darkness .♫
Llega un momento que no se quiere sufrir más y apetece disolverse en la luz.
Tierra de Campos es una comarca de Castilla y León, se caracteriza por horizontes infinitos de campos de cereales, salpicados por más de mil palomares de arquitectura de adobe y de muchas formas diferentes.
There comes a time you do not want to suffer more and want to dissolve into the light.
Tierra de Campos is a region of Castile and Leon, is characterized by infinite horizons, grain fields, dotted with more than a thousand dovecotes, clay architecture, and many different types.
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116 minutes in 15 sec sub-images (464x15.) QHY183c at -15C, Gain 37, Offset 200, L-eNhance filter, Televue TV-85 at F/5.6, SharpCap 3.2 LiveStacking with dark subtraction and dithering. Taken from a metro area, Bortle 7-8 zone, the day after Hurricane Delta. Above average transparency and average seeing.
The Helix Nebula (NGC 7293), also known as the "Eye of God" is a planetary nebula located in the constellation Aquarius. One of the closest planetary nebulae to Earth being 655 light years distant.
This image was exposed through a 8" SCT at 1280mm focal length (f6.3) using a QHY268M astro camera.
The total exposure time spent on this image was 19 hours and 5 minutes worth of H-Alpha, OIII, SII and H-Beta subs.
This image is mostly based on the HOO color palette but as a bit of difference and an experiment, I mixed in SII to the red channel and H-Beta to the blue channel before color balancing the image to the photo shown.
Mission Concepción
San Antonio, Texas
By the mid 20th century, much of this fresco on the convento ceiling was covered with soot. Only a single eye was visible. It was known locally as the "Eye of God." In 1988, restoration work revealed a second eye and facial hair. These discoveries suggest that the artist who originally painted the fresco blended Spanish and Native elements and probably meant to depict a human being.
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Ojo de Dios. The "Ojo de Dios" or God's Eye is an ancient symbol made by the Huichol Indians of Mexico and the Aymara Indians of Bolivia. In Mexico, The central eye was made when a child was born. Each year, a bit of yarn was added until the child turned five at which point the Ojo was complete. In Bolivia, "God's Eyes" were made to be placed on an altar so that the gods could watch over the praying people and protect them.
A planetary nebula, the "Helix" was formed starting only about 10,000 years ago from gases shed by a dying star, with the outer layers expanding somewhat faster than the inner layers. The remaining core of the star is so energetic that it excites the expanding the gases, causing them to glow.
The Helix Nebula is often noteworthy for its resemblance to an "eye in the sky" from our vantage from Earth; it's alternately referred to as the "Eye of God" and even "The Eye of Sauron". In reality, though, it is thought to be shaped as a prolate spheroid, somewhat resembling a football.
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Re-shot in 2019
Image captured:
26-29 September 2019
South Shore, Lake San Antonio, CA.
Calstar 2019
R: 12 x 10 min
G: 11 x 10 min
B: 9 x 10 min
(5.33 hrs of total integration)
Unbinned (1x1)
QSI-690
AT6RC with Field Flattener
acrylic on canvas, 2013, 70 x 100 cm
Jan Theuninck is a Belgian painter
www.boekgrrls.nl/BgDiversen/Onderwerpen/gedichten_over_sc...
www.forumeerstewereldoorlog.eu/wiki/index.php/Yperite-Jan...
www.graphiste-webdesigner.fr/blog/2013/04/la-peinture-bel...
Helix nebula a.k.a Eye of God
NGC 7293
Telescope: ZWO Triplet APO refractor
Total exposure: 39 minutes
Total integrations: 234 x 10" subs
Filters: Light pollution filter
Camera: Sony IMX462
Bortle class : 4
A re-processed image of my data of The Helix Nebula (NGC 7293), also known as the "Eye of God".
This is a planetary nebula located in the constellation Aquarius. One of the closest planetary nebulae to Earth being 655 light years away.
This image was exposed through a 8" SCT at 2032mm focal length using a astro-modded and cooled DSLR.
I didn't get as many subs as I wanted due to staring imaging this object so late into the season and literally only having a couple of hours of exposure time each evening before it was obscured by my house, hence the slightly noisy image.
The breathtaking view over the Gosau lake to the imposing Dachstein glacier is also a special photographic experience. The naturalist Alexander Humboldt called the grand finale of the Gosau Valley just before the mighty walls and towers of the Dachstein, deeply impressed and overwhelmed as "the Eye of God“.
Instead of looking like a spiral staircase, our perspective makes the Helix Nebula look more like a giant eye In the sky - earning additional names like "Eye of God" and "Eye of Sauron". Way back around 1824, Karl Ludwig Harding discovered the Helix Nebula and became the first person to discover a planetary nebula that contains something called "cometary knots". These knots of nebulosity appear in the Helix Nebula as little pillars of pink reaching from the outer ring into the blue center (barely visible in this image). It's estimated that the Helix Nebula has around 40,000 of these cometary knots.
Calibrated images were provided by iTelescope.net. In addition to providing access to their telescopes, iTelescope.net provides subscribing members with a combination of premium image sets (with the rights to use & post them) and webinars that show how to process them. Itelescope.net captured images from their Siding Spring Observatory near Coonabarabran, New South Wales in Australia and I did the post-processing with Astro Pixel Processor, Photoshop and Topaz Denoise. Star spikes are natural.
Exposure Settings
• 24 images (6 luminance, 6 red, 6 green & 6 blue)
• Exposure Time: 5 minutes (each image)
• Total Exposure Time: 2 hours
Telescope Optics & Camera
• Optics: Planewave 17" CDK)
• Mount: Planewave Ascension 200HR
• Camera: FLI Proline 16803
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A shot of one of the chapels of Santa Maria Maggiore Basilica (Basilica of Saint Mary Major) in Rome. This one in particular is called "Chapel of the Baptistry".
I have visited this Basilica several times and always wanted to take a picture of this chapel, but only yesterday the light was coming in so that even the shadows were symmetrical.
Enjoy.
Camera: Nikon D700
Technique: 5 hanheld exposures HDR processed in Photomatix Pro, Topaz Adjust, Viveza 2 and Photoshop CS5
The “ Eye of God” or The Helix Nebula (NGC 7293) is a planetary nebula located in the constellation Aquarius, at about 650 light years from the Earth. Discovered by Karl Ludwig Harding in the early 19th century, Helix is one of the closest of all the bright planetary nebulae. The central star of the Nebula, a white dwarf remnant of the star that exploded about 10,000–12,000 years ago, gives the resemblance of an eye. When a star like the Sun runs out of fuel, it expands and its outer layers puff off, and then the core of the star shrinks. This phase is known as a "planetary nebula," and astronomers expect our Sun will experience this in about 5 billion years. The blue-green glow in the centre of the Helix comes from oxygen atoms shining under effects of the intense ultraviolet radiation of the 120 000 degree Celsius central star and the hot gas. Further out from the star and beyond the ring of knots, the red colour from hydrogen and nitrogen is more prominent.
Photographed approx 650 years later from the Alexander Valley, Sonoma County, California,
Nov 2021.
Scope: Stellarvue SVX130T 935mm f/7
Camera: ASI2600MC w/L-Pro filter Mount: EQ6R Pro
157 x 3 min exposures
From Wiki; The Helix Nebula (also known as NGC 7293 or Caldwell 63) is a planetary nebula located in the constellation Aquarius. This object is one of the closest to the Earth of all the bright planetary nebulae. The distance is 655±13 light-years from Earth. The Helix Nebula has sometimes been referred to as the "Eye of God" in pop culture, as well as the "Eye of Sauron". The Helix Nebula is an example of a planetary nebula, formed by an intermediate to low-mass star, which sheds its outer layers near the end of its evolution. Gases from the star in the surrounding space appear, from our vantage point, as if we are looking down a helix structure. The remnant central stellar core, known as the central star (CS) of the planetary nebula, is destined to become a white dwarf star. The observed glow of the central star is so energetic that it causes the previously expelled gases to brightly fluoresce.
NGC 1232 is an intermediate spiral galaxy about 60 million light-years away in the constellation Eridanus, sometimes refered to as the "Eye of God" galaxy.
NGC 1232 and its satellite are part of the Eridanus cluster of galaxies, along with NGC 1300 which I imaged a couple of months ago.
Imaged in Ha & LRGB with a QHY268M camera, through a C8 SCT at 2032mm focal length, tracked on a CGEM mount for a total exposure time of 10 hours and 5 minutes.
This beautiful nebula is called Helix nebula (NGC 7293) or Eye of God and sometimes called Eye of Sauron. Its the closest planetary nebula to the Earth about 450 light years in constellation of Aquarius. It is a dying star that blown out its outer shell. The remanent star in the middle of the nebula is a white dwarf that reaching its end of life and nearly finished the nuclear fuel. The colors of this object is due to presence of the very hot white dwarf that energize the central part of the nebula in green from the ionized Oxygen. The outer part is Hydrogen gas glows in Red. Just imagine that, those gases are expanding at rate of 40 km per second. Gear setup: ES 102ED FCD100 f/5.6, Optolong L-extreme, ZWO ASI294 MC @ 0 gain 100, iOptron GEM45 guided by ZWO mini scope 120f/4 ZWO ASI 120MM-S. Acquisition by APT 35 x 300sec, Darks 20, Bias 50, Flats 20, nearly 3 hours of integration, Stacked by DSS and processed by PS, Topaz Denoise AI.
Glass from the Cathedral of Saints Vitus, Wenceslaus and Adalbert, located on the castle grounds in Prague.
Captured in Oct. 2014 in with Olympus E-M10, very lightly edited this morning in Photoshop and Viveza.
The cathedral was commissioned by Charles IV, and construction began in 1344 on the site of an earlier 10th century rotunda.
However, it took almost six centuries to complete, with the final phase of construction in the period 1873-1929.
"In the beginning......"
This is the first in a series I plan to do called The Story. I hope you will all follow as it goes. I have no special time frame in mind..... just as the inspiration comes.
There are no SL elements in this work.
This is a blend of brushes, filters and manipulation of stock pieces from Deviant Art. I am very grateful to the following artists for allowing me to use their amazing work in this manipulation:
Moonchild - moonchilde-stock.deviantart.com/
InKibus - inkibus.deviantart.com/
Please take the time to look at their awesome art :))
***This picture was added to the ONE on ONE group on (Nov 20, 2008), as #2. Flickr's Top Pic
The Helix Nebula is an example of a planetary nebula, formed by an intermediate to low-mass star, which sheds its outer layers near the end of its evolution. Gases from the star in the surrounding space appear, from our vantage point, as if we are looking down a helix structure. The remnant central stellar core, known as a planetary nebula nucleus, is destined to become a white dwarf star. The observed glow of the central star is so energetic that it causes the previously expelled gases to brightly fluoresce.
The Helix Nebula in the constellation of Aquarius lies about 700 light-years away, spanning about 2.5 light-years.
7h5m total integration (R,G 15 subs, B 14, Ha 23 bin2, OIII 18 bin2). Alcalalí, Spain 19-23/8/2017.
APM TMB 152 F8 LZOS, 10 Micron GM2000HPS, QSI6120wsg8
The “ Eye of God” or The Helix Nebula (NGC 7293) is a planetary nebula located in the constellation Aquarius, at about 650 light years from the Earth. Discovered by Karl Ludwig Harding in the early 19th century, Helix is one of the closest of all the bright planetary nebulae. The central star of the Nebula, a white dwarf remnant of the star that exploded about 10,000–12,000 years ago, gives the resemblance of an eye. When a star like the Sun runs out of fuel, it expands and its outer layers puff off, and then the core of the star shrinks. This phase is known as a "planetary nebula," and astronomers expect our Sun will experience this in about 5 billion years. The blue-green glow in the centre of the Helix comes from oxygen atoms shining under effects of the intense ultraviolet radiation of the 120 000 degree Celsius central star and the hot gas. Further out from the star and beyond the ring of knots, the red colour from hydrogen and nitrogen is more prominent.
Una nebulosa che mi ha sempre affascinato per il suo aspetto, la Helix Nebula: catalogata come NGC 7293 nel Nuovo Catalogo Generale o come C 63 nel catalogo Caldwell, un importante catalogo astronomico di 109 oggetti molto appariscenti del profondo cielo.
A questa nebulosa, proprio per il suo aspetto sono stati attribuiti nomi diversi: Helix Nebula (che in italiano diventa Nebulosa Elica), ma anche “Eye of God” o "Eye of Sauron" (Sauron è il personaggio principale nel Il Signore degli Anelli di J. R. R. Tolkien).
La nebulosa Elica è una nebulosa planetaria formatasi alla fine della vita di una stella di tipo solare dove gli strati gassosi esterni della stella espulsi nello spazio appaiono dal nostro punto di vista come se guardassimo un'elica dall'alto. Il nucleo centrale della stella, destinato a diventare una nana bianca, risplende così intensamente da rendere fluorescente il gas precedentemente espulso.
Essa si trova a circa 650 anni luce dalla Terra nella costellazione dell'Aquario, ha una magnitudine apparente (1) pari a 7,6 ed una dimensione apparente (2) pari a 25’.
Dati di scatto:
La mia Helix Nebula è il risultato di riprese fatte da Nole (TO) tra settembre ed ottobre 2024 con riprese di novembre 2025. Purtroppo il cielo inquinato e fosco mi hanno fatto eliminare moltissime immagini, comunque sono risultate:
•3h 29minuti ripresi con filtro Optolong L-Pro per le stelle
•4h ripresi a -20°C con filtro Optolong L-Extreme per la nebulosa
Certamente la riprenderò ancora in futuro per migliorare ulteriormente i dettagli.
•Telescopio newton GSO 154/600, Camera di ripresa ASI 294 MC Pro
•Telescopio guida 60/240, Camera ASI 120 mini
•Montatura Equatoriale Sky-Watcher HEQ5 SynScan GOTO
•Acquisizione Asiair Pro, Elaborazione in RGB con Pixinsight.
A nebula that has always fascinated me for its appearance, the Helix Nebula: cataloged as NGC 7293 in the New General Catalogue or as C 63 in the Caldwell Catalogue, an important astronomical catalog of 109 very conspicuous deep-sky objects.
This nebula, precisely because of its appearance, has been given different names: Helix Nebula (which in Italian becomes the Helix Nebula), but also "Eye of God" or "Eye of Sauron" (Sauron is the main character in J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings).
The Helix Nebula is a planetary nebula formed at the end of the life of a solar-type star where the star's outer gaseous layers expelled into space appear from our point of view as if we were looking at a helix from above. The central core of the star, destined to become a white dwarf, shines so brightly that it makes the previously expelled gas fluoresceous.
It is located approximately 650 light-years from Earth in the constellation Aquarius, has an apparent magnitude (1) of 7.6 and an apparent size (2) of 25'.
Shooting data:
My Helix Nebula is the result of images taken from Nole (TO) between September and October 2024, with additional images in November 2025. Unfortunately, the polluted and hazy sky forced me to delete many images, but the results were:
• 3 hours 29 minutes taken with an Optolong L-Pro filter for the stars
• 4 hours taken at -20°C with an Optolong L-Extreme filter for the nebula
I will certainly take another look at it in the future to further improve the details.
• GSO 154/600 Newtonian telescope, ASI 294 MC Pro imaging camera
• 60/240 guide scope, ASI 120 mini camera
• Sky-Watcher HEQ5 SynScan GOTO equatorial mount
• Asiair Pro acquisition, RGB processing with Pixinsight.
On our trip we were able take a tour through Upper Antelope Canyon just outside of Page, AZ. Perhaps one of the most photographed places in Arizona, it was seemingly impossible to take a bad picture. Over and over again on our trip I was reminded of the beauty of nature, the land, and our country.
Taken from the canyon floor looking straight up, the Navajo people call this view of the canyon ceiling “The Eye of God”. Again, Amazing.
The “ Eye of God” or The Helix Nebula (NGC 7293) is a planetary nebula located in the constellation Aquarius, at about 650 light years from the Earth. Discovered by Karl Ludwig Harding in the early 19th century, Helix is one of the closest of all the bright planetary nebulae. The central star of the Nebula, a white dwarf remnant of the star that exploded about 10,000–12,000 years ago, gives the resemblance of an eye. When a star like the Sun runs out of fuel, it expands and its outer layers puff off, and then the core of the star shrinks. This phase is known as a "planetary nebula," and astronomers expect our Sun will experience this in about 5 billion years. The blue-green glow in the centre of the Helix comes from oxygen atoms shining under effects of the intense ultraviolet radiation of the 120 000 degree Celsius central star and the hot gas. Further out from the star and beyond the ring of knots, the red colour from hydrogen and nitrogen is more prominent.
A glimpse of wonderful Huichol textiles displayed on the sidewalk in Patzcuaro. All of us being good friends, we enjoyed chatting about family, weather and politics. Often, the Huicholes bring us special objects from their village, wanting in return, hundreds of candles required for their many rituals, which we happen to have. This trade---el trueque---is the oldest and most-personable way of doing business.
At St Mary the Virgin, Iffley, Oxford. According to the church guide, 'This is a Victorian remaking of the original, which had been replaced by a Perpendicular Gothic one in the fifteenth century. It is technically not a rose window, because it has no tracery. It is an “Oculus” or Eye of God window.'
The inscription at the bottom of the window reads, 'In memory of Eliot Warbuton Lost in the Amazon January 1859'