The sands of time are running out for the central star of this the Hourglass Nebula. With its nuclear fuel exhausted, this brief, spectacular, closing phase of a sun-like star's life occurs as its outer layers are ejected and its core becomes a cooling, fading white dwarf. In 1995, astronomers used the Hubble Space Telescope to make a series of images of planetary nebulae, including the one above. Here, delicate rings of colorful glowing gas (nitrogen-red, hydrogen-green, and oxygen-blue) outline the tenuous walls of the 'hourglass.' The unprecedented sharpness of Hubble's images revealed surprising details of the nebula ejection process and may resolve the outstanding mystery of the variety of complex shapes and symmetries of planetary nebulae. Image Credit: NASA, WFPC2, HST, R. Sahai and J. Trauger (JPL)...
Now Old Time Radio Shows (OTR) are available on Honoratus.org. OTR shows are streamed right from honoratus web-space and are easy to access. All you need to do is go to the Old Time Radio Index page and choose your show. After you choose which OTR show you want to listen to you will be directed to the specific show player page where you can choose from many episodes. You will need a flash player installed to listen to the show. These players are free and very easy to install. If you are not sure if you have a flash player installed the OTR show page will notify you if you do not and direct you to Abobe's flash Player download page. I hope you enjoy listening and maybe you may even get transported to another world.
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