Since June 16, 1995, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has posted a cosmological image on its Astronomy Picture of the Day web page. Today’s image (August 26, 2013) is of one of the brightest nebulae in the universe, called nebula NGC 7027. The nebula was discovered in 1878, and can be viewed in the direction of the Cygnus constellation with a standard conventional telescope. Read more: sciencerecorder/news/hubble-snaps-stunning-picture-of-bright-planetary-nebula/#ixzz2d8kdwqMb
Posted on: Tue, 27 Aug 2013 04:23:20 +0000