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[quote=Ann post_id=341091 time=1725426175 user_id=129702]
Can't see a bat 🦇 in the Veil Nebula, but I know one thing - there is an evil grinning Joker there.
[...] Ann
[/quote]


Maybe this nebula should be better called Batman Nebula :evil: .

[img2]https://preview.redd.it/the-bat-nebula-aka-eastern-veil-nebula-v0-n7wdy8fr2so81.jpg?width=1854&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5f2cf1150b770a893dd71018381fe75497fe5a43[/img2]


...but I like cosmic bats too...

[img2]https://asterisk.apod.com/download/file.php?id=46070&t=1[/img2]
[size=65]LDN 43: The Cosmic Bat Nebula (Orin post APOD 2022 Oct 31)[/size]

...also in infrared...
[img2]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52467296613_676e6d0bcf_c.jpg[/img2]
[size=65]LDN 43 jac berne (flickr) [/size]
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Fantastic, Jac! Yes indeed, there is a bat in LDN 43! :D 🦇

Ann

[quote=Ann post_id=341091 time=1725426175 user_id=129702]
Can't see a bat 🦇 in the Veil Nebula, but I know one thing - there is an evil grinning Joker there.
[...] Ann
[/quote]


Maybe this nebula should be better called Batman Nebula :evil: .

[img2]https://preview.redd.it/the-bat-nebula-aka-eastern-veil-nebula-v0-n7wdy8fr2so81.jpg?width=1854&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5f2cf1150b770a893dd71018381fe75497fe5a43[/img2]


...but I like cosmic bats too...

[img2]https://asterisk.apod.com/download/file.php?id=46070&t=1[/img2]
[size=65]LDN 43: The Cosmic Bat Nebula (Orin post APOD 2022 Oct 31)[/size]

...also in infrared...
[img2]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52467296613_676e6d0bcf_c.jpg[/img2]
[size=65]LDN 43 jac berne (flickr) [/size]

Can't see a bat 🦇 in the Veil Nebula, but I know one thing - there is an evil grinning Joker there. 😈 🤡


[float=left][attachment=1]Grinning Joker in the Veil Nebula Brian Ventrudo.png[/attachment][c][size=85][color=#0040FF]A grinning Joker in the Veil Nebula. Credit: Brian Ventrudo.[/color][/size][/c][/float][attachment=0]Joker profile by Gossamer1970.png[/attachment][size=85][color=#0040FF]Joker profile. Credit: Gossamer1970.[/color][/size]
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Ann

P.S. I got a sneak peek of tomorrow's APOD before it disappeared again as soon as it had flickered onto the stage, almost like a virtual particle. Hey, APOD editors, I hope you give it back to us tomorrow.

[quote="APOD Robot" post_id=341088 time=1725422733 user_id=128559]
[url=https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap240904.html] [img]https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/calendar/S_240904.jpg[/img] [size=150]NGC 6995: The Bat Nebula[/size][/url]

[b] Explanation: [/b] Can you see the bat? It haunts of [b]the eastern Veil Nebula[/b]. [...][/quote]

[imghover="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53969439745_2b622222da_b.jpg"]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53969239273_6e2d24acbc_b.jpg[/imghover]
[size=65]bigggger: [url]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53969239273_fbbc782a7a_o.jpg[/url] artistic composit jac berne (flickr)[/size]


But I also like baby bats - like in the Eastern Veil Nebula...

[imghover="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53969307968_c88a20c96a_b.jpg"]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53968174817_8514e73e7f_b.jpg[/imghover]
[size=65]Original data: NASA/ESA & more [/size]


[img2]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53969515460_21b70304f3_b.jpg[/img2]
[size=65]Original data: NASA/ESA Jeff Hester (Arizona State University) [/size]

[url=https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap240904.html] [img]https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/calendar/S_240904.jpg[/img] [size=150]NGC 6995: The Bat Nebula[/size][/url]

[b] Explanation: [/b] Can you see the bat? It haunts [url=https://www.astrobin.com/8goim6/]this cosmic close-up[/url] of the eastern [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veil_Nebula]Veil Nebula[/url]. The [url=https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap191031.html]Veil Nebula[/url] itself is a large supernova remnant, the expanding debris cloud from the [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OyntBsxoEkA]death explosion[/url] of a massive [url=https://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/universe_level1/stars.html]star[/url]. While the Veil is roughly [url=https://www.mathsisfun.com/algebra/trig-interactive-unit-circle.html]circular[/url] in shape and covers nearly 3 degrees on the sky toward the constellation of the Swan ([url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cygnus_(constellation)]Cygnus[/url]), NGC 6995, known informally as the Bat Nebula, spans only 1/2 degree, about the apparent size [url=https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap130801.html]of the Moon[/url]. That [url=https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/scale_distance.html]translates[/url] to 12 light-years at the Veil's estimated distance, a reassuring 1,400 light-years from [url=https://www.globe.gov/en]planet Earth[/url]. In the composite of image data recorded through [url=https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap071102.html]narrow band[/url] filters, emission from [url=https://periodic.lanl.gov/1.shtml]hydrogen[/url] atoms in the remnant is shown in red with strong emission from [url=https://youtu.be/5Q3ft8OsFaM]oxygen[/url] atoms shown in hues of blue. Of course, in the western part of the Veil lies [url=https://i.ytimg.com/vi/1Kl4rNUTWCA/hqdefault.jpg]another[/url] seasonal apparition: [url=https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap180408.html]the Witch's Broom[/url] Nebula.


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