It may not be the Mutara Nebula from “The Wrath of Khan,” but it’s still amazing and beautiful. A La Salle Observatory telescope has captured a new color-composite iimage of the Helix Nebula (NGC 7293). The observatory is in Chile.
The blue-green glow in the center is caused by oxygen atoms heated by the intense ultraviolet radiation of the 216,000 degree central star.
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Um, link to original? I'd love to see higher res and am too lazy to google.
Aha! Its the La Silla Observatory.
Link: http://www.eso.org/public/outreach/press-rel/pr-2009/pr-07-09.html