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ScienceShot: Celestial Snow Angel
sciencemag ^
| 15 December 2011
| Sid Perkins
Posted on 12/17/2011 6:58:14 AM PST by JoeProBono
Just in time for the holidays, the folks at the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, Maryland, give us a glimpse of a heavenly angel—not literally one of the seraphim, of course, but an astronomical delight nonetheless.
The two-lobed star-forming region, dubbed Sharpless 2-106, is located in an isolated part of our Milky Way galaxy nearly 2000 light-years from Earth. The bluish "wings" are lobes of super-hot gas illuminated by a monster star—dozens of times the mass of our sun—forming in the center of the still-expanding nebula.
A dark ring of dust and gas circling the star (dark bands, center), material that may one day coalesce into a planetary system, acts like a belt, cinching the nebula into an hourglass shape.
TOPICS: Arts/Photography; Astronomy
KEYWORDS: snowangel
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To: JoeProBono
Oooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!
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12/17/2011 1:53:13 PM PST
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JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet - Mater tua caligas gerit)
To: JoeProBono
An awwwwwwwwww moment if there ever was one.
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12/17/2011 1:54:52 PM PST
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TASMANIANRED
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To: JoeProBono
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12/17/2011 2:02:36 PM PST
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JoeProBono
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To: JoeProBono
I'd love to, darlin', but mind your toes! LOL!
That's amazing. Looks like a zot graphic, but it's too good for that.
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12/17/2011 2:15:51 PM PST
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TheOldLady
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To: NYer
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12/17/2011 2:22:22 PM PST
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JoeProBono
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To: JoeProBono
![](http://wallpaperswide.com/thumbs/helix_nebula_eye_of_god-t2.jpg")
Eye of God Galaxy
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12/17/2011 2:38:39 PM PST
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NYer
("Be kind to every person you meet. For every person is fighting a great battle." St. Ephraim)
To: NYer
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12/17/2011 6:26:17 PM PST
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JoeProBono
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To: Daffynition
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12/17/2011 6:28:51 PM PST
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JoeProBono
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To: JoeProBono
See the *snow angel*?
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12/17/2011 6:40:50 PM PST
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Daffynition
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To: JoeProBono
Beautiful Christmas Angel.
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12/17/2011 6:51:35 PM PST
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fatima
(Free Hugs Today :))
To: Daffynition
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12/17/2011 6:58:42 PM PST
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JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet - Mater tua caligas gerit)
To: fatima
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12/17/2011 7:03:17 PM PST
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JoeProBono
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To: JoeProBono
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12/17/2011 7:09:33 PM PST
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Daffynition
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To: JoeProBono
Wow,We thank Our Father:)
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12/17/2011 7:22:45 PM PST
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fatima
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To: Daffynition
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12/17/2011 7:34:52 PM PST
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JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet - Mater tua caligas gerit)
To: JoeProBono
A world record...
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12/17/2011 8:06:17 PM PST
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Daffynition
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To: JoeProBono
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12/17/2011 8:07:30 PM PST
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Daffynition
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12/17/2011 8:11:40 PM PST
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JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet - Mater tua caligas gerit)
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Daffynition
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