Starship Asterisk*

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When stars die; they leave such specular
remnants! :D

For the orientation challenged, like me:


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[quote=Guest post_id=334470 time=1697617968]Profile of Bab5's G'kar?[/quote]

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The Veil Nebula turns me off! I don't like nebulas that look as if they have escaped out of a horror movie!


[float=left][img3="The Eastern Veil Nebula. Credit: AstroFarsography"]https://i.ytimg.com/vi/azrZyWOUoEg/maxresdefault.jpg[/img3][/float][float=right][attachment=1]Eastern Veil Nebula annotated AstroFarsography.png[/attachment][c][size=85][color=#0040FF]The horrible grin of the eastern Veil Nebula.[/color][/size][/c][/float]
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It should be illegal for a nebula to look like that! Go back to your horror movie (or Batman movie?), Eastern Veil Nebula!

Anyway. I like this image that puts the Veil Nebula in its place:


[float=left][attachment=0]Veil Nebula in Cygnus arrowed Kodama.png[/attachment][c][size=85][color=#0040FF]The Veil Nebula in Cygnus. Credit: Kodama.[/color][/size][/c][/float]
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Ann

I must say. This one has a striking resemblance to the dragon in the Teen Titans Go episodes, The Light Begins to Shine.

Profile of Bab5's G'kar?

The witch's broom appears to be a functional space broom, it's sweeping dust away from the centre of the Veil.

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[url=https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap231018.html] [img]https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/calendar/S_231018.jpg[/img] [size=150]Dust and the Western Veil Nebula[/size][/url]

[b] Explanation: [/b] It's so big it is easy to miss. The [url=https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap191031.html]entire Veil Nebula[/url] spans six times the diameter of the [url=https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5048]full moon[/url], but is so dim you need [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binoculars#/media/File:Binocularp.svg]binoculars[/url] to see it. The nebula was created about [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_prehistory]15,000 years ago[/url] when a star in the [url=https://www.iau.org/public/themes/constellations/]constellation[/url] of the Swan ([url=https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/constellations/cygnus.html]Cygnus[/url]) exploded. The [url=https://youtu.be/7zCPgdcdB5Q]spectacular explosion[/url] would have [url=https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap211114.html]appeared brighter[/url] than even [url=https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap230915.html]Venus[/url] for a week - but there is [url=https://i.pinimg.com/originals/d1/1a/62/d11a627b5fe41146b7afa313548c2119.jpg]no known record[/url] of it. Pictured is the western edge of the still-expanding gas cloud. Notable gas filaments include the [url=https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap180408.html]Witch's Broom Nebula[/url] on the upper left near the bright foreground star [url=http://stars.astro.illinois.edu/sow/52cyg.html]52 Cygni[/url], and [url=https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap210727.html]Fleming's Triangular Wisp[/url] (formerly known as [url=https://www.davidcortner.com/slowblog/20161113.php]Pickering's Triangle[/url]) running diagonally up the image middle. What is rarely imaged -- but seen in the featured long exposure across many color bands -- is the reflecting brown [url=https://herscheltelescope.org.uk/science/infrared/dust/]dust[/url] that runs vertically up the image left, dust likely created in the cool atmospheres of massive [url=https://science.nasa.gov/astrophysics/focus-areas/how-do-stars-form-and-evolve/]stars[/url].


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Great Picture.


The whole SNR structure reminds me a lot of the internal structure of SNR CAS A.
I conclude that similar processes were probably at play here, even though in my opinion there are no good explanations for the sausage-like characteristics of the structures...


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[size=75]bigggger: [url]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53265782177_637bf86ddb_o.jpg[/url]
composit / jac berne (flickr)[/size]


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[size=75]Original Image: NASA/ESA/CSA SST[/size]

[url=https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap231018.html] [img]https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/calendar/S_231018.jpg[/img] [size=150]Dust and the Western Veil Nebula[/size][/url]

[b] Explanation: [/b] It's so big it is easy to miss. The [url=https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap191031.html]entire Veil Nebula[/url] spans six times the diameter of the [url=https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5048]full moon[/url], but is so dim you need [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binoculars#/media/File:Binocularp.svg]binoculars[/url] to see it. The nebula was created about [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_prehistory]15,000 years ago[/url] when a star in the [url=https://www.iau.org/public/themes/constellations/]constellation[/url] of the Swan ([url=https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/constellations/cygnus.html]Cygnus[/url]) exploded. The [url=https://youtu.be/7zCPgdcdB5Q]spectacular explosion[/url] would have [url=https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap211114.html]appeared brighter[/url] than even [url=https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap230915.html]Venus[/url] for a week - but there is [url=https://i.pinimg.com/originals/d1/1a/62/d11a627b5fe41146b7afa313548c2119.jpg]no known record[/url] of it. Pictured is the western edge of the still-expanding gas cloud. Notable gas filaments include the [url=https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap180408.html]Witch's Broom Nebula[/url] on the upper left near the bright foreground star [url=http://stars.astro.illinois.edu/sow/52cyg.html]52 Cygni[/url], and [url=https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap210727.html]Fleming's Triangular Wisp[/url] (formerly known as [url=https://www.davidcortner.com/slowblog/20161113.php]Pickering's Triangle[/url]) running diagonally up the image middle. What is rarely imaged -- but seen in the featured long exposure across many color bands -- is the reflecting brown [url=https://herscheltelescope.org.uk/science/infrared/dust/]dust[/url] that runs vertically up the image left, dust likely created in the cool atmospheres of massive [url=https://science.nasa.gov/astrophysics/focus-areas/how-do-stars-form-and-evolve/]stars[/url].


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