I see the Fox Fur. I think I see the Unicorn; but I'm having trouble with a Christmas Tree.
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orin stepanek wrote:I'm having trouble with a Christmas Tree.
I would also call this star cluster an "asterism".The APOD description wrote:... the stars of NGC 2264 are also known as the Christmas Tree star cluster. The triangular tree shape traced by the stars appears sideways here, with its apex at the Cone Nebula and its broader base centered near S Mon.
---Chris Peterson (regarding the [url=http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=15164&p=99643#p99643]Coat Hanger[/url]) wrote:"Asterism" is precisely the correct word to use in this case, because the star grouping suggests a recognizable shape.
This APOD is just one small corner of the constellation of the Unicorn (Monoceros). In this view you can see the "Christmas Tree Cluster" as a blue area in the upper right of "Monoceros". Monoceros is essentially the "void" that the eye usually ignores between Orion, Sirius, and Procyon. The Christmas Tree Cluster can be found just south of the "feet" of Gemini.orin stepanek wrote:I think I see the Unicorn
Oh really!?orin stepanek wrote:http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap081225.html
I think I see the Unicorn;
I've seen your deer in other pictures of the Fox Fur Nebula. I always thought of it as the fur still having the head attached, but it does look more like a deer than a fox. I have to agree with apodman on your unicorn. It looks more like a manatee, walrus, or seal. I could see the angel in apodman's tree drawing. I never looked at it that way, seeing instead the Cone Nebula.orin stepanek wrote:What looked like what may be a unicorn was the cloud toward the lower center.What I imagined looked like a deer was over to the left and it was looking at the unicorn.
What looked like the angel was sitting on top of the Christmas tree. 8) How's that for imagination?
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Try these three artistic renderings:DavidLeodis wrote:I'm still though having difficulty seeing the Unicorn shape of the constellation Monoceros. I think I need to see some Unicorns to be sure!
apodman wrote:Try these three artistic renderings:DavidLeodis wrote:I'm still though having difficulty seeing the Unicorn shape of the constellation Monoceros. I think I need to see some Unicorns to be sure!
http://www.astrosurf.com/jwisn/monoceros.jpg
http://hsci.cas.ou.edu/images/jpg-100dp ... oceros.jpg
http://www.ne.jp/asahi/stellar/scenes/s ... /mon_c.gif
And this one too (though it's looking at the celestial sphere from the outside so all the constellations are backwards):
http://www.redorbit.com/modules/reflib/ ... 4ee1a2.jpg
And when envisioning, remember that unicorns (at least the one in the sky) are invisible.
It's apparently up to you. Illustrating a dim constellation is less like connect-the-dots and more like draw-what-you-want. Did you see modern office equipment in one of the linked views?DavidLeodis wrote:... I trust that Monoceros does not get destroyed any time soon!
Yes (in the second link) but that just confused me even more! Trying to make out a Unicorn is hard enough but how anyone could form such things as a laptop in those stars baffles me!apodman wrote:It's apparently up to you. Illustrating a dim constellation is less like connect-the-dots and more like draw-what-you-want. Did you see modern office equipment in one of the linked views?DavidLeodis wrote:... I trust that Monoceros does not get destroyed any time soon!
But Orion The Hunter and his two hunting dogs
The little dog laughed to see such fun,
Corvus?neufer wrote:And the crow jumped over the moon.
apodman wrote:Corvus?neufer wrote:And the crow jumped over the moon.
The Café only has MST2Kapodman wrote:Didn't they introduce him as "cro-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-w"?
I miss that show. These days I have to go to the Café if I want "mystery science".
------------------------------------------------------------------------apodman wrote:These days I have to go to the Café if I want "mystery science".