Eyeball-shaped Helix Nebula
Infrared image of the Henize 206 Nebula
Eskimo Nebula with orange-streaked gas cloud Slug: eskimo-nebula
Colorful image of the Rosette Nebula
True-color mosaic of part of the Orion Nebula
pillars of gas in the Eagle nebula
Complex gas formations of the Cat's Eye Nebula
Helix NebulaThe familiar eyeball shape of the Helix Nebula shows only two dimensions of this complex celestial body. But new observations suggest it may actually be composed of two gaseous disks nearly perpendicular to each other.
Photograph courtesy NASA/ESA/C. R. O'Dell (Vanderbilt University)

Nebulae

March 10, 2010

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