http://www.space.com/images/h_hubble_nebula_mz3_010201_02.jpg

Hubble Space Telescope took this picture of the Mz3 planetary nebula also known as the Ant Nebula. The picture was taken by mistake. But it was decided to go ahead with the shot anyway. The time for the shot was split with another astronomer. The two shots were combined to make the photo.

It is speculated that magnetic fields may be responsible for the shape of the dust clouds. That irregularity in the fields creates the unusual structures such as the one in the photograph. The nebula is illuminated in the last gasps of a stars stellar life cycle which light the dust clouds.

Excellent!

Thats awesome. To bad you need to send a multi million dollar telescope into orbit to see things with that much detail. I wish i had one for myself!

Marvelous! I wish to fly there with ultraspeed to look on it closer. Where did you take this photo?

Ah, I'm afraid I can not take credit for this photo, fine as it is. The Hubble Space Telescope took it. It is in orbit around the earth.

If you look under the photo you will find credit noted to the HST.

:)

Thank you, but i know what is Hubble Space Telescope, where is it located at and that he took this photo. I just wanted to know where did YOU take this photo (site url, where did you scanned it from or something...) :confused: ?

Hey, DQ.

You might find it interesting to check out either, or both of these sites:

http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/pictures/

http://www.stsci.edu/pubinfo/

Oh, and I forgot:

http://www.astro.caltech.edu/

Have fun and enjoy.

Thank you, Chagur and you, Wet, for your PM answer.

This is what I call a great desktop-image!!!

THX!