The Trifid Nebula in Stars and Dust (APOD 2009 July 7)

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Re: The Trifid Nebula in Stars and Dust (APOD 2009 July 7)

Post by orin stepanek » Tue Jul 07, 2009 12:23 pm

The pink part of the nebula reminds me of a flower; like the viola plant! :)

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Post by neufer » Tue Jul 07, 2009 12:47 pm

orin stepanek wrote:The pink part of the nebula reminds me of a flower; like the viola plant! :)
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Post by bystander » Tue Jul 07, 2009 12:56 pm

neufer wrote:Orin in Wonderland. :wink:
I wouldn't take that, Orin. I think he's calling you a pansy. :mrgreen:

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Re: The Trifid Nebula in Stars and Dust (APOD 2009 July 7)

Post by orin stepanek » Tue Jul 07, 2009 1:25 pm

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neufer wrote:Orin in Wonderland. :wink:
I wouldn't take that, Orin. I think he's calling you a pansy. :mrgreen:
I've been called worse! Who knows; maybe some day they'll name one the pansy nebula! 8) After all there's one called the Rosette. http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap060324.html :P Anyway I do have a vivid imagine at times!

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Post by Loco » Tue Jul 07, 2009 4:18 pm

The colours are certainly nice in the photograph. Being called a pansy is actually a compliment, as Pansies are nice flowers.
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Re: The Trifid Nebula in Stars and Dust (APOD 2009 July 7)

Post by emc » Tue Jul 07, 2009 4:52 pm

Looks like a boxing glove to me... bam bop bam bam
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Re: The Trifid Nebula in Stars and Dust (APOD 2009 July 7)

Post by orin stepanek » Tue Jul 07, 2009 5:21 pm

emc wrote:Looks like a boxing glove to me... bam bop bam bam
Loco wrote:The colours are certainly nice in the photograph. Being called a pansy is actually a compliment, as Pansies are nice flowers.
If someone is calling someone a Pansy as an insult, the insulter is not a nice person. Niceness is nice.
Aw! I think Art was just giving me a tease! :roll:

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Re: The Trifid Nebula in Stars and Dust (APOD 2009 July 7)

Post by emc » Tue Jul 07, 2009 10:18 pm

orin stepanek wrote:I think Art was just giving me a tease! :roll:

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I think Art is clever and sneaky from watching his posts. I am sure he was kidding too. Art also seems quite smart to me. Smart people don’t start fights unless they know they will win. Correct me if I am wrong, but none of us know that much about the other… heck you could be a super combat proven “don’t nobody want to mess with” gracious mighty dude for all anyone here knows… able to kick any of our posteriors. Art would be well aware of this… but then again… we don’t know his physical prowess either…. Well, I haven’t resolved anything have I? Except I still think the nebula looks a lot like a boxing glove.

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Re: The Trifid Nebula in Stars and Dust (APOD 2009 July 7)

Post by neufer » Tue Jul 07, 2009 10:45 pm

emc wrote:Image

Say, maybe it's an alien message to us meager earthlings… I expect Aliens like to show off their superior cosmic industrial capability by blowing up stars just to give us pitiful earth bound weaklings subliminal cosmic messages… They’re always up to something… Say!... You think Art is one of THEM?
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Post by apodman » Tue Jul 07, 2009 10:59 pm

neufer wrote:limenade
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Re: The Trifid Nebula in Stars and Dust (APOD 2009 July 7)

Post by orin stepanek » Wed Jul 08, 2009 3:32 am

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Here's what I had in mind! here's url; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Viola ... 7.jpg#file

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Re: The Trifid Nebula in Stars and Dust (APOD 2009 July 7)

Post by DavidLeodis » Wed Jul 08, 2009 12:22 pm

What a marvellous image. The Trifid Nebula is so photogenic. :D

The investigation of the Trifid Nebula is clearly giving long employment! The "Which bright young stars light up the blue reflection nebula is still being investigated" in the explanation has a link to a paper 'The Trifid reflection nebulae' that was in the Astronomical Journal of November 1986!

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