APOD: Bright Planetary Nebula NGC 7027... (2013 Aug 26)
Re: APOD: Bright Planetary Nebula NGC 7027... (2013 Aug 26)
PILLOW Nebulae. It looks just like a big comfy pillow.
Re: APOD: Bright Planetary Nebula NGC 7027... (2013 Aug 26)
Pavlova- it looks like the national desert of Australia
Re: APOD: Bright Planetary Nebula NGC 7027... (2013 Aug 26)
As soon as the picture came up on teh screen, I thought "Ah, obviously the Ice Crean Bar nebula."
Re: APOD: Bright Planetary Nebula NGC 7027... (2013 Aug 26)
How about this one: the Pillow Sham?
Re: APOD: Bright Planetary Nebula NGC 7027... (2013 Aug 26)
Definitely the Pillow Nebula
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Re: APOD: Bright Planetary Nebula NGC 7027... (2013 Aug 26)
The Flying Squirrel Nebula—that was my immediate impression.
(It also looks like a pillow with an unusually large tag not to be removed under penalty of law.)
(It also looks like a pillow with an unusually large tag not to be removed under penalty of law.)
Re: APOD: Bright Planetary Nebula NGC 7027... (2013 Aug 26)
I agree with iceberg nebula ...
Re: APOD: Bright Planetary Nebula NGC 7027... (2013 Aug 26)
It looks like popcorn. Call it the popcorn nebula
Re: APOD: Bright Planetary Nebula NGC 7027... (2013 Aug 26)
Definitely the pillow nebula.
Re: APOD: Bright Planetary Nebula NGC 7027... (2013 Aug 26)
The Beignet nebula. Google it and look at the image. It's a dead ringer.
NGC 7027 Age
The article has an error. It says that NGC 7027 began expanding about 600 years ago. That is incorrect - the nebula is about 2,900 light years away, so we can't see anything that has happened in the past 2900 years. Rather, they should say that the light that reaches us today shows and expansion that had been underway for 600 years when the light left the nebula.
Re: APOD: Bright Planetary Nebula NGC 7027... (2013 Aug 26)
howling wolf nebula or just wolf nebula
Re: APOD: Bright Planetary Nebula NGC 7027... (2013 Aug 26)
My vote would be for "Pillow Nebula"!