Fernando Oliveira de Menezes, taken from Munhoz, Brazil The Helix Nebula (NGC 7293) — sometimes called the Eye of God (or the Eye of Sauron) — is a planetary nebula about 650 light-years away in Aquarius. It formed when a star similar to the Sun shed its outer layers, leaving behind a hot white dwarf.Continue reading “Eye in the sky”

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