Helix Nebula Wallpaper
This composite image of the Helix Nebula was captured by the Hubble space telescope and the wide view mosaic camera on the National Science Foundation's 0.9-meter telescope at the Kitt Peak National Observatory near Tucson, Arizona. This composite process produced one of the most detailed images ever recorded of a celestial object.
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