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Thanks, Chris. I couldn't make out a lion, either, and your explanation fits perfectly!

[quote=zeecatman post_id=339610 time=1718051568 user_id=142991]
[quote=johnnydeep post_id=339603 time=1718040778 user_id=132061]
So far, I am able to see exactly zero lions in this nebula.
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Somehow I knew this would be the main topic of discussion :lol2:

This is what I decided on:

LionNeb_Badr_3720.jpg
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Yeah, that's about what my last reply approximated, though your outline is more refined. 😊

[quote=johnnydeep post_id=339603 time=1718040778 user_id=132061]
So far, I am able to see exactly zero lions in this nebula.
[/quote]

Somehow I knew this would be the main topic of discussion :lol2:

This is what I decided on:

[attachment=0]LionNeb_Badr_3720.jpg[/attachment]

[quote="Chris Peterson" post_id=339605 time=1718043168 user_id=117706]
[quote=johnnydeep post_id=339603 time=1718040778 user_id=132061]
So far, I am able to see exactly zero lions in this nebula.

[b][i]EDIT [/i][/b]- ok, perhaps this is it:


lion nebula lion.jpg
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Maybe this? (Probably have to click on it.)
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qu9m8y5l.gif
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Yeah, that's certainly better. Big lion head, no body. Still tough to see it though! Maybe big head little bod version:


[attachment=0]lion nebula lion 2.jpg[/attachment]

[quote=johnnydeep post_id=339603 time=1718040778 user_id=132061]
So far, I am able to see exactly zero lions in this nebula.

[b][i]EDIT [/i][/b]- ok, perhaps this is it:


lion nebula lion.jpg
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Maybe this? (Probably have to click on it.)
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[attachment=0]qu9m8y5l.gif[/attachment]

So far, I am able to see exactly zero lions in this nebula.

[b][i]EDIT [/i][/b]- ok, perhaps this is it:


[attachment=0]lion nebula lion.jpg[/attachment]

Well, it's a narrowband image of a nebula that I don't know well, so I have little to say about it.


[float=left][img3="Sh2-132: The Lion Nebula.
Image Credit & Copyright: Imran Badr; Text: Natalia Lewandowska (SUNY Oswego)"]https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/2406/LionNeb_Badr_960.jpg[/img3][/float][float=right][img3="Crepuscular rays. Source: Britannica."]https://cdn.britannica.com/95/7595-050-9B4938DC/rays-clouds.jpg[/img3][/float]
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But I like the light pillar emerging from the upper left part of the nebula, like a crepuscular ray here on Earth.

Ann

[url=https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap240610.html] [img]https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/calendar/S_240610.jpg[/img] [size=150]Sh2-132: The Lion Nebula[/size][/url]

[b] Explanation: [/b] Is the Lion Nebula the real ruler of the [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cepheus_(constellation)]constellation Cepheus[/url]? This powerful feline appearing [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nebula]nebula[/url] is powered by two [url=https://skyandtelescope.org/online-gallery/sh2-132-lion-nebula/]massive stars[/url], each with a mass over 20 times greater than [url=https://science.nasa.gov/sun]our Sun[/url]. Formed from [url=https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2010MNRAS.405.1976V/abstract]shells of ionized gas[/url] that have expanded, the nebula's energetic matter not only [url=https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap230724.html]glows[/url], but is dense enough to contract [url=https://science.nasa.gov/mission/hubble/science/science-highlights/exploring-the-birth-of-stars]gravitationally and form stars[/url]. The angular size of the [url=https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fi.redd.it%2Fzbf8ej9iq1b51.jpg]Lion[/url] Nebula, officially named [url=https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1959ApJS....4..257S/abstract]Sh[/url]2-132, is slightly greater than that of the [url=https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap240602.html]full moon[/url]. The gaseous [url=https://www.astrobin.com/78pnzo/0/]iconic region[/url] resides about 10,000 [url=https://spaceplace.nasa.gov/light-year/]light year[/url]s away in a [url=https://spaceplace.nasa.gov/constellations/]constellation[/url] named after the King of [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aethiopia]Aethopia[/url] in [url=https://www.history.com/topics/ancient-greece/greek-mythology]Greek mythology[/url].


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