Amazing face shaped Nebula discovered.

Scientists at NASA have just published a set of newly obtained images of nebulae taken in 2012 and 2013 by NASA's Chandra X-Ray Observatory. This particular image shows a uniquely shaped emission nebula NGC2013-0401, also called "Phantom Nebula", located in the small Southern constellation Officinaimaginum.

Phantom Nebula is an example of an emission nebula - a cloud of interstellar gas illuminated by a nearby star whose radiation ionizes the gas and makes it glow. The star is clearly visible in the centre of the image.

"We have identified several nebulae with very unique shapes," says the British astronomer Chris Keegan who has been working with Chandra images for several years. "We don't yet have a good understanding of what is causing such unusual shape. There may other objects we haven't yet detected whose presence causes the gaping holes in the gas cloud. We expect more detailed data in the next few months."


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reply to post by sarahlm

Freakin Awesome...

"Heres looking at you kid."

Would be neat to see a CGI profile of that face.

What if interstellar Picasso's exploded stars into crazy shapes like we paint pictures on canvas?

Anybody see a signature?

Can you please provide a link sir. I would like to read more about these. Thanks for showing me this interesting picture.

reply to post by sarahlm


That would make an awesome Avatar....

Nice find...S&F

Des

Spooky! And did you notice that that thing has horns also. Anyways, thanx for sharing such a kewl picture.

Very cool picture.

But why do I get the impression that this is an April Fools joke?

reply to post by SiglenDyn


Shhhh...... You had to go and ruin the fun....

Oh! I didn't even realise it was April 1st. Haha I hope this isn't a joke, I was so excited when I found the article. I will find the link I was reading it from.

Oh I'am such an idiot
The Nebula exists, the picture it seems is fake
I'm sorry, I just got so excited when I found it, that I posted it straight away without thinking. I didn't even realise it was April 1st

reply to post by sarahlm


And here I thought you were in on it. The constellation Officinaimaginum... You have to admit, the devils horns were a nice touch though..

Ahhaha

this:

Plus this


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ahhaha..

It looks like his Third Eye is open!!

I can't believe this hasn't been moved to the Jokes forum yet.

The guy that photoshopped the image has other works if anyone wants to check out: wired.com.

Like a child lying on the grass, he ponders a photo for a while and as soon as something jumps out he takes the image into Photoshop and starts rearranging the celestial elements to reinforce what he’s seen.

Originally posted by elouina
reply to post by SiglenDyn

 

Shhhh...... You had to go and ruin the fun....

did you notice the slight infinity symbol like nebula to the bottom left, Definitely April fool.

It's kinda cute, it has a couple of curved spike horns. I don't know what the devil it is

reply to post by rickymouse


I want this to be real. Please do not debunk this. Thanks.

The fake picture IS nice looking. Thanks!

I know its fascinating that people buy in to anything even on a website based on conspiracy and thinking. It is entertaining.

fake, just the the hubble telescope itself and all its CG produce.
today may be fools day, but with hubble (and anything nasa), the joke
is on us all year 'round, year in-year out!

hubble-schmubble!

lol it looks like a bull...

farewell to the age of Taurus...