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Space Spider
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The Tarantula Nebula is thought to contain more than half a million times the mass of the Sun in gas and hosts some of the most massive stars known. The nebula measures nearly 1,000 light-years across and if it were in our own Galaxy, it would cover one quarter of the sky and even be visible in daylight.

Credit: ESO & Keifer who pointed me in the right direction :-)

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&philcUK
01/13/07 5:45 PM GMT
This shrunken version doesn’t really do justice to the 200MB+ original ESO image where the millions of stars can be seen with a lot more clarity but you get the general idea...
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A smart bomb is only as clever as the idiot that tells it what to do……si vis pacem para bellum.
.Marzena
01/13/07 6:15 PM GMT
What an idea ... and what an impression ...
Makes me feel like very near to nothing.
Plus makes a charming desktop [said the layman LOL]
Love your instructive and SOOOO interesting commentaries, dear friend !
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With all my love and respect, Marzena
::jswgpb
01/13/07 8:12 PM GMT
I've got a space spider in my gallery too..........doesn't look like this though. LOL Nice one Phil, it's really mind boggling to think of what's out there and we know nothing about it either.
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.kimcande
01/14/07 2:29 AM GMT
Quite impressive I must say!
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Since we cant change reality. Let us change our eyes in which we percieve reality. Nikos Kazantzakis.
::ChevalierBayard
01/15/07 12:01 AM GMT
Thanks for sharing these pics, especially with your instructive legends ! :)
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