Dying Star

[heathershaped]

No, this is not a depressing post. :D  But 

jazmine84 posted this picture tonight and I thought it was beautiful and so wanted to pass it along.

This weekend they (yes, the infamous They, but in this case a bunch of physicists in Australia) discovered a dying star, the bipolar Red Square Nebula. It's notable because it's almost perfectly symmetrical in its death. 

And I thought the image was pretty, besides making me geek out a little. *g*



This star, of course, is dying, and will eventually collapse and explode, but you know, not for a while. :D

In other news, I'm in a great mood, because inell and I have finished a thread at  stoatshead_hill that's left me squeeful and Roger on top of the world.

And now, I'm off to bed. *glomps f-list* I hope you've all had a great weekend! <3

Comments

[acoustics1220.livejournal.com]

That IS a really pretty image.

I like the lay-out, too. Cute.

[heather11483.livejournal.com]

Yes, I think I might icon the pretty.:D Glad you like the layout! And your icon's too cute.

[(Anonymous)]

Well yeah. LOL - since I'm an icon addict and an hhr shipper and all.

:D Tis wonderful to watch those two, innit?

[acoustics1220.livejournal.com]

*gasp*

I missed out on using another icon.

*flails*

(btw - that reply up there ^ was 'me' as anonymous) forgot to sign in. *sigh*

[idea-of-sarcasm.livejournal.com]

Yup, amuses me to no end I'm commenting while I see you online.

*glomps you back* as you head off to bed.

And, ha, 'not for awhile' is a bit of an understatement. But, lovely picture of it though.

[heather11483.livejournal.com]

Hahaha!

Yes, I like the picture too. I had to have this moment of geekitude and post about it. *g*

[sweet-lemmon.livejournal.com]

Just so beautiful...I don't know... makes me want to cry- I think I'm feeling a little blue right now (maybe I'm listening too much Damien Rice!)

Oh, and I adored(sp?) the thread. *sighs*

[heather11483.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it's bittersweet, isn't it? It's dying, but still so beautiful. sigh. haha, turn off the Damien Rice, hon! Even I can't listen for too long. Man. Beautiful, but it brings me down. hee.

And squee, thank you! I'm so happy you enjoyed the thread. We had so much fun writing it. Thank you for reading!! ♥

[castledown.livejournal.com]

It r teh pretteh!!!1 xD

[heather11483.livejournal.com]

♥♥♥♥

[awaywithpixie.livejournal.com]

It is an amazing star formation, and it just goes to show that we don't yet know everything about the universe.

[heather11483.livejournal.com]

:D Yes, it really does, doesn't it?

[jazmine84.livejournal.com]

Strange that it's a death which has caused this beautiful sight. Strange when I can think of no other form of death that comes even close to beautiful. :(

Have a lovely day, dear! :)

[heather11483.livejournal.com]

Yes, it's so bittersweet and beautiful, isn't it? *wibbles*

*hugs* You too!

[zuzuspetal.livejournal.com]

Roger and Hermione!! WWWWEEEEEEEE!! They couldn't be anymore amazing, could they? The steps they've taken and the realistic way they overcome things. How many threads? Like 45 now? I love talking about them to no end.

Star's beautiful in kind of a morose way, knowing that it's brilliance is caused by it's death.

Well, I'm done. My deep thought for the day. lol