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

[Guest]

pillow nebula or boxfish nebula

[Faithadams]

The moon rock nebula.... The ghost nebula

[Car]

The Swan Nebula

[somewhatbob]

Cauliflower nebula.

[john f falconer]

it is, and can only be, the PILLOW NEBULA!

[Dave@LCO]

I want to know why so many background stars seem to be little streaks, as if they are zipping around in different directions?

[Sarcon]

Flying Star Nebula

[Jake]

Ghost Star Nebula? It looks like a ghost and a star, so why not mash 'em together!

[AngelsAcres]

Angel Nebula or

Angel Starfish Nebula or

Casper Nebula

[RGS]

Pillow

[geddyme]

The Rocky Nebula, Bullwinkle's pal, not Adriane's.

[Jeff Green]

I would call it the Hyper Cloud Nebula since it seems to have numerous dimensions and be rectangular to boot.

[AngelsAcres]

Flying Nebula

[jmarker85]

I think that this nebula should be called the "Blue Meatball Nebula," as it resembles NASA's logo.

[cpk]

teeth nebula

[mhelseth]

I think it should be called the Gossamer Nebula. It does look like a pillow, but "gossamer" sounds prettier. Thanks!

[Rokas]

The Shuriken Nebula.

[Mike Likes That]

Flying Squirrel Nebula!

Yes! 100%. Maybe Rocky the Flying Squirl Nebula.

[schilds]

What about the ice-cream cone nebula?

[schilds]

... or even just the ice-cream nebula?

[tamanini]

Stay Puff Marshmallow Nebulae

[Itumac]

Pikachu Nebula!

[KWalton]

Sheriff's Badge Nebula

[agent007]

pyroclastic 'flow'/'cloud' nebula

[Guest]

The Starfish Nebula!