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

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

Post by jovialscript » Mon Aug 26, 2013 8:41 pm

The Hypnos Nebula. Explanation: this nebula exists in Cygnus the Swan, a constellation named using the Greek word for swan. Hypnos is the Greek god of sleep, thus allowing the imagination to generate images of a pillow or similar objects.

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

Post by bkeeley » Mon Aug 26, 2013 8:43 pm

Marshmallow Pillow Nebula

(To combine a few suggestions into one name)

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

Post by neufer » Mon Aug 26, 2013 8:44 pm

Image
Jeff Parker wrote:
I would call it the Shredded Wheat nebula
Art Neuendorffer

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

Post by BillBixby » Mon Aug 26, 2013 8:45 pm

Sorry, but please Not Rocky. I just don't see him in there. http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=htt ... wAg&iact=c

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

Post by Yaya » Mon Aug 26, 2013 8:48 pm

The sugar cube nebula,


because it is white and shaped as a cube of sugar

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

Post by RobertLöhning » Mon Aug 26, 2013 8:49 pm

To me, it looks like the cauliflower nebula.

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

Post by astrodio » Mon Aug 26, 2013 8:57 pm

i see abirthday cake,so the birthday Cake nebula

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Post by bingo » Mon Aug 26, 2013 8:59 pm

Sheepskin rug nebula It simply HAS to be.

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

Post by lbsgville » Mon Aug 26, 2013 9:00 pm

My wife thinks it should be named The Star Cloud Nebula.

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

Post by Guest » Mon Aug 26, 2013 9:02 pm

Cosmic Pillow

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Post by brickhouse » Mon Aug 26, 2013 9:03 pm

Cauliflower Nebula

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

Post by suirsuss » Mon Aug 26, 2013 9:05 pm

Definitely looks like a pillow next closest thing is marshmallow but only because marshmallows are pillowish themselves ...

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

Post by Marcos » Mon Aug 26, 2013 9:06 pm

It seems to me a slab of white marble.

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

Post by retrogalax » Mon Aug 26, 2013 9:09 pm

The White Alpaga Nebula.
:D

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

Post by jhlegette@yahoo.com » Mon Aug 26, 2013 9:09 pm

I see a thin crescent moon with arms wrapped around the middle.

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

Post by neufer » Mon Aug 26, 2013 9:10 pm

Art Neuendorffer

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

Post by bobumid » Mon Aug 26, 2013 9:12 pm

Burnt marshmallow nebula

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

Post by JuanAustin » Mon Aug 26, 2013 9:12 pm

Also, THE POPTART NEBULA because that's the way my son's poptart looks like when he bites off both ends of it.
Ok, I admit, I do the same. :-)
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Re: APOD: Bright Planetary Nebula NGC 7027... (2013 Aug 26)

Post by Guest » Mon Aug 26, 2013 9:14 pm

The Pillow Nebula

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

Post by FernandoZombieSlayer » Mon Aug 26, 2013 9:17 pm

The Fatman Nebula.

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Post by Leonel Silva » Mon Aug 26, 2013 9:21 pm

Marshmallow Nebula

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

Post by ronbobaker » Mon Aug 26, 2013 9:24 pm

The "Hot Pocket" Nebula...

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

Post by kjensen86 » Mon Aug 26, 2013 9:29 pm

The Kirby Nebula!

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

Post by NOLAGirl » Mon Aug 26, 2013 9:32 pm

Plateía Nebula
(plateía - Greek for square)
or
Polymnia Nebula (name of one of the Muses, she represent geometry)

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

Post by dem0sthenes » Mon Aug 26, 2013 9:36 pm

I immediately think of roasted marshmallows. Marshmallow Nebula? S'mores Nebula?

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