Hypergiant Star Canis Majoris Wall Art including Frame Sizes:MEDIUM (20x30) Perhaps a cross-species celestial handshake

Perhaps a cross-species celestial handshake is imminent

This Hubble image reveals the true shape of MyCn18 to be an hourglass with an intricate pattern of 'etchings' in its walls

corresponding to about 15 light-years at the distance of the Omega Nebula

with visible-light observations from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope

Such gas clouds are known as emission nebulae

Hypergiant Star Canis Majoris Wall Art including Frame Sizes:MEDIUM (20x30) Perhaps a cross-species celestial handshakeThis artist's impression of hypergiant star VY Canis Majoris shows the star's vast convection cells and violent ejections. VY Canis Majoris is so large that if it replaced the Sun, the star would extend for hundreds of millions of miles, between the orbits of Jupiter and Saturn. Image Credit: NASA, ESA, and R. Humphreys (University of Minnesota), and J. Olmsted (STScI)