Gods Eye Space

This photo was actually an image of the helix nebula taken by the hubble space telescope.

Gods eye space. The eye of god nebula is a. Discovered by karl ludwig harding probably before 1824 this object is one of the closest to the earth of all the bright planetary nebulae. It s one of the most iconic celestial images in astronomy the eye like helix nebula. On the 30th anniversary of the launch of the hubble space telescope enjoy our favorite 12 remarkable photos of nebulae and the universe.

The picture s eye of god appellation is a title coined by an admirer of the photograph due to the nebula s resemblance to a human eye not something designated by nasa and the nebula is also. There was an email going around a few years ago talking about the eye of god. It is said to be the nearest planetary nebulae to earth. For other uses see eye of god disambiguation.

The huichol or wixaritari call their god s eyes tsikuri which means the power to see and understand things unknown when a child is born the central eye is woven by the father then one eye is added for every year of the child s life until the child reaches the age of five. Giant eye in space seen by nasa telescopes this object called the helix nebula lies 650 light years away in the constellation of aquarius. In doing research on this story we found that there are numerous pictures of space objects that are nicknamed the eye of god according to the hubbel telescope site this particular picture if of the helix nebula which is about 650 light years from earth. The cat s eye nebula is a planetary nebula in the.

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