He's really looking forward to dumping some CD's onto it, so I'll set up an iTunes account for him and teach him how to use his iPod on Sunday. It's always a chore to teach him how to use new features, but I think he really wants to do this so it might work - LOL.
This is M27, also called the Dumbbell Nebula. Take a look at it. It's beautiful, isn't it? This, by best estimates, is what our own Sun will look like after it