irishspirit
7th September 2010, 21:09
You really have to see this.
This object, taken by hubble, is so like the above stated spirals.
Link to artical and pic below.
The Hubble Space Telescope’s Advanced Camera for Surveys has captured a remarkable image of a spiral in space. No, not a spiral galaxy, (and not another Norway Spiral!) but the formation of an unusual pre-planetary nebula in one of the most perfect geometrical spirals ever seen. The nebula, called IRAS 23166+1655, is forming around the star LL Pegasi (also known as AFGL 3068) in the constellation of Pegasus.
The image shows what appears to be a thin spiral pattern of amazing precision winding around the star, which is itself hidden behind thick dust. Mark Morris from UCLA and an international team of astronomers say that material forming the spiral is moving outwards at a speed of about 50,000 km/hour and by combining this speed with the distance between layers, they calculate that the shells are each separated by about 800 year
http://www.universetoday.com/73034/hubble-spies-an-amazing-cosmic-spiral/
pic: http://www.universetoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/cosmic-spiral.jpg
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sorry for spelling in title, I cannot change this either.
This object, taken by hubble, is so like the above stated spirals.
Link to artical and pic below.
The Hubble Space Telescope’s Advanced Camera for Surveys has captured a remarkable image of a spiral in space. No, not a spiral galaxy, (and not another Norway Spiral!) but the formation of an unusual pre-planetary nebula in one of the most perfect geometrical spirals ever seen. The nebula, called IRAS 23166+1655, is forming around the star LL Pegasi (also known as AFGL 3068) in the constellation of Pegasus.
The image shows what appears to be a thin spiral pattern of amazing precision winding around the star, which is itself hidden behind thick dust. Mark Morris from UCLA and an international team of astronomers say that material forming the spiral is moving outwards at a speed of about 50,000 km/hour and by combining this speed with the distance between layers, they calculate that the shells are each separated by about 800 year
http://www.universetoday.com/73034/hubble-spies-an-amazing-cosmic-spiral/
pic: http://www.universetoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/cosmic-spiral.jpg
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sorry for spelling in title, I cannot change this either.