Hubble Photographs Giant Eye in Space

"The Hubble Space Telescope's legendary Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 has produced one of its last images, a gorgeous shot of a planetary nebula.


The nebula, a colorful cloud of gas and dust named Knockout 4-55 (or K 4-55), has an eye that appears to be looking right back at Hubble. The image was taken May 4 and released today.


Monday, NASA aims to send the space shuttle Atlantis to Hubble, where astronauts will replace the camera with the Wide Field Camera 3, among other upgrades and fix-it projects. At a press conference, space agency officials said the camera will make one last image tomorrow, of a nearby galaxy named IC 5152, but that image won't be released immediately."
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Very cool! Lately I have been viewing the various pics on the Hubble site...Here is your pic

planetary nebula Kohoutek 4-55

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Here are some of my favorite pics from the Hubble site.


This is probably my favorite. I can stare at it all day. It' beautiful!
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This makes me think of an angry sky for some reason.
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This one is just well...wow!
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This is another one that makes me think of the sky.
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I am sorry I dont have the names for these images. I saved them on my laptop without the name. I will look back on the site and get them and edit the pics.

Some of the most beautiful pics IMO are from our own Universe.

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The images are absolutely amazing. Thank you for sharing!


And here is the link to the Hubble Telescope gallery, if anyone wants to look at more images of stars, planets, galaxies, nebulae and more. There is also a movie theater you can enjoy!

hubblesite.org...

Yes I think they are beautiful also. I thought the eye was neat and being new I didn't really know how to put the pic in the post. Thank you!!!!

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No problem If you go to the drop down menu "member tool" and click on pictures it will take you to the media section. Just sign in with your ATS log in information and you can upload your pictures there. I just drag pictures to my desktop and upload them through the media section on here. When I started I had no idea how to do it either and welcome to ATS. Thanks for the link!

reminds me of soromen's eye in lord of the rings,lol.

They do look awsome, esspecialy the one where the two galaxies are clashing.

I never get tired of seeing Hubble pictures .
Thanks for posting !!

Originally posted by mblahnikluver
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No problem

If you go to the drop down menu "member tool" and click on pictures it will take you to the media section. Just sign in with your ATS log in information and you can upload your pictures there. I just drag pictures to my desktop and upload them through the media section on here. When I started I had no idea how to do it either and welcome to ATS. Thanks for the link!

Oh duh, Don't I feel dumb lol, that's how I uploaded my avatar. Sheesh only in my ummm mid to late 30's and already becoming senile lol Thank you for the information! And thanks for the welcome!

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You know I did that too with my avatar at first! I was overwhelmed when I got on here with all the different features and such. You are not alone, guess I'm senile too