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

[hswiseman]

Dirty Snowbank Nebula

[Guest]

Sea Star Nebula

[Václav Koudelka]

Zeus nebula – looks like the head when viewed from the front and from above. Forehead, eyebrows, nose, beard. Have a nice day from Czech Republic

[Jon Awbrey]

[Guest]

Babel Nebula.

[cat bus]

The Totoro nebula.

[dayedream]

Cerebella Nebula!

Or brain nebula

[sharkey377]

It appears to me to be a wolfs head with the snout point to the right, the ears laid back, and eyes looking out toward the viewer.

[Guest]

Cygnus Dia

[DeltaAquaride]

How about 'Rhomboid Nebula'?

It's hard to imagine that another nebula will ever fit that name better than this one does.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhomboid

Or maybe 'Flag Nebula'.

Or the popular 'Pillow Nebula' suggestion would work too.

I'm just not seeing the starfish, flying squirrels and other exotic critters there.

[jmichaelson]

Flying Squirrel Nebula

[Guest]

Batman Nebula.

Has his head tucked and the view is from behind, so you see his cape, mostly

[Starfish]

Awesome!!!! The StarFish Nebula!!!!! look at it again....Five Legs...off from a large center....a Starfish....appropriate too.

In a few thousand years, or tens it should be nice and translucent....

This still looks like it is exploding, and it is not a smooth process...amazing.

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Agree with Boomer12K. Definitely a Starfish. Definitely.

[Guest]

Snoop Dogg Nebula

[Dick Humphries]

Magic Carpet Nebula

[Spacedman]

I agree with the others who suggested "Pillow". I think it should be named NGC 7027, the Pillow Nebula

[hellsing]

What about Sheep Skin nebula?

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Or Yeti Skin..?

[Marcopolo7777]

Diaper Nebula

[WNobrega 1965]

Magic Carpet nebula

[Purgatory]

The Beignet Nebula.

[jp4u2]

3 classical human profiles and 2 aquatic animal profiles. So distinct one has to wonder. "Quintet Nebula" "Mammalian 5 Nebula".

[jillmueller111]

Can't help but see it -- Flying Squirrel (or one the squirrel's scientific names: Pteromyini or Petauristini) would be a great name for this planetary nebula!

[Protossis]

The Pillow Nebula

[John Nelson]

The Popcorn Blanket

[John Nelson]

Upon further thought, instead of a "popcorn blanket", I think it looks more like a "popcorn pillow".