APOD: Bright Planetary Nebula NGC 7027... (2013 Aug 26)

[dr.mars]

Limulus, the horseshoe crab nebula - tail, shell and markings on back (rectangular pillow)....
https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Limulus

[intol]

The pillow (that you dream on )

[The Lesser Half]

I was going to say "The Ducky Nebula" or "The Horsey Nebula" but I changed my mind.

[Guest]

Pillow Nebula (if this hasn't already been used...)

[TomC]

Looks like a pillow to me.

yup, pillow.

[mtrebella]

It should be the mitosis nebula

[StevenData]

caelestia pulvino

[MerryF]

Parachute nebula

[scottashley]

My vote goes for Pillow Nebula. Looks just like a pillow to me.

[Mike Sierra]

Tardigrade nebula
or
Pillow nebula

Michael Schurz, M.D.
Dunzing, Austria, Europe
48°09' N, 13°28' E
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[skjell]

Ghostbuster! Isn't it obvious?

[itch]

first thing I saw is a spaceship!

[the name game]

I think it loos a bit like Casper. It should be called 'The Poltergeist' because it looks like a little ghost. I imagine it is even more ghostly without the assigned colors. Plus, if I told you I found something in the neighborhood of 'The Poltergeist' you'd all know where to look.

[justme]

I suggest "Smoky Paper Nubula" as the name.

[Guest]

definitely +1 Flying Squirrel Nebula. first thing i saw before i even read the caption.

I retract my suggestion - Rocky the Flying Squirrel wins.

[only4him]

I agree with the several previous posters that NGC7027, at first glance looks like a pillow and with a little imagination, a flying Squirrel.

[JimW]

My vote is for Pillow Nebula

[Alexa_2k]

I think of:
Patrick Star, from Sponge Bob
A ghost
A Space Shuttle
Astroboy

[StevenLytle]

"Star Blob"
It looks like a five-pointed star with a big pillowy blob in the middle.

[Martin Hajovsky]

If there's a Moose Nebula at all nearby, then the Flying Squirrel Nebula moves into the "Must Do" category.

"Mooze and squerrel!"

[Guest]

Pillow seems correct. I wanted "The Pillow Fight Nebula", but Pillow is ok.


- nate

[sbbrush]

Mermaid's Purse - the egg case (Chondrichthyes) of skates commonly found on the shore.

[CuDubh]

trunkfish

they can change their spots, as this is going to do over time.

[unregistered]

pillow

[Paolotrov]

Starfish Nebula!!!
It's the first thought for me!!