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This should be called the Japan Nebula!

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Perfect - nice!

This should be called the Japan Nebula!

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[url=https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap240919.html] [img]https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/calendar/S_240919.jpg[/img] [size=150]The Dark Seahorse of Cepheus[/size][/url]


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Thanks for putting the Seahorse in perspective, Jac! :D It is right next to the Giant Squid inside the Flying Bat nebula!


[float=right][img3="IC 1396 (The Elephant Trunk Nebula) is at left, and the Flying Bat with the Giant Squid inside it is at right. The Running Man - I mean, the Dark Seahorse nebula - is faintly visible at 2 o'clock. Credit: Steve Cannistra"]https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/proxy/0bxlyHMdzgp4GAaUv4G7Cb5-aerG8TiMpynx7-EClj618nrR1XItrwdlWq7yqcgAite3HWhpBCmYNEDFIg5PNBxP4Cx7pnlznZoXNvgg7ek-[/img3][/float][img3="The Giant Squid Nebula (blue-green) inside the Flying Bat Nebula (red). Credit: Ram samudrala"]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Flying_Bat_and_Squid_nebulae_narrowfield.jpg/1190px-Flying_Bat_and_Squid_nebulae_narrowfield.jpg?20231215085712[/img3]
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I've always thought that the Dark Seahorse looks like another Running Man - a small running figure dragging a long "tail" of some sort behind him.


[float=left][attachment=0]APOD 19 September 2024 annotated.png[/attachment][c][size=85][color=#0040FF]The Dark Seahorse of Cepheus
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Ann

[quote="APOD Robot" post_id=341305 time=1726718730 user_id=128559]
[url=https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap240919.html] [img]https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/calendar/S_240919.jpg[/img] [size=150]The Dark Seahorse of Cepheus[/size][/url]

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[url=https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap240919.html] [img]https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/calendar/S_240919.jpg[/img] [size=150]The Dark Seahorse of Cepheus[/size][/url]

[b] Explanation: [/b] Spanning light-years, this [url=https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/?#abs/1916ApJ....43....1B]suggestive[/url] shape known as the Seahorse Nebula floats in silhouette against a rich, luminous background of stars. Seen toward the royal northern constellation of Cepheus, the dusty, dark nebula is part of a Milky Way molecular cloud some 1,200 light-years distant. It is also listed as Barnard 150 (B150), one of 182 [url=http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/bib_query?1919ApJ....49....1B]dark markings of the sky[/url] cataloged in the early 20th century by astronomer [url=https://exhibit-archive.library.gatech.edu/barnard/]E. E. Barnard[/url]. Packs of low mass stars are forming [url=https://arxiv.org/abs/0809.4761]within[/url], but their collapsing cores are only visible at long [url=https://science.nasa.gov/ems/07_infraredwaves]infrared wavelengths[/url]. Still, the colorful Milky Way stars of Cepheus add to this stunning [url=https://www.instagram.com/astro.db/p/C-ZwOQTNuH9/?img_index=1]galactic skyscape[/url].


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