Bad Astronomy's Top Ten Astronomy Pictures of 2007

http://www.badastronomy.com/bablog/2007/12/13/top-ten-astronomy-pictures-of-2007/

Link: Bad Astronomy Blog » Top Ten Astronomy Pictures of 2007.

"This image shows the devastation wrought when a star explodes. The Vela Supernova Remnant formed when a massive star 800 light years away blew up 11,000 years ago. Expanding at a ferocious velocity, it is now 8 degrees across in the sky — 16 times the apparent width of the Moon, and about the size of your outstretched fist! David’s mosaic shows a stunning amount of detail, tracing the variety of shapes and patterns the expanding gas makes as it slams into the interstellar junk floating around it.

"And if that’s not enough, the full-size image he has on his site is well over a billion pixels in size. Think about that the next time you brag about your digital camera...".

(((Thanks, Jon Lebkowsky!)))