This celestial object, with the scientific name MyCn18, looks like an eerie green eye staring out from two intersecting rings. But it"s actually an intricately shaped "hourglass" nebula with a star at its center.

more here

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6955261/ 

yup, saw that a year or so ago. Cool pic, freaky, but cool none the less.

The eye of God watches perpetually. X

The foil Hat strikes Again!!!!

Rick,

I'm homesick, too.

(I may have said too much)

I remember seeing that in person.

RM phone home....

I miss the 60's... 🙂

You should ALL be checking out the Astronomy Picture of the Day every day web site, and the archives are in-freakin-credible.

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html 

wasn't this in The Wall?

dwallen

ahh that three lettered medicine that lights up your world.

you don't need luggage.

Awesome picture, plenty of the 'wow' factor.

Beautiful, this one is better than the other LMAO