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the pillow nebula

I think it should be the Casper Nebula for the friendly ghost.

It definitely looks like a Space Pillow. I fully agree with the others.
Pillow should be in the name....
So, how about Oreiller, since Édouard Jean-Marie Stephan is french, and Oreiller means pillow (like a pillow on a bed, not a couch) in french.

Oreiller Nebula

That not only sounds scientific, and is completely appropriate

Hello all,
Love the suggestions! While I like the idea of calling it strictly what it literally looks like, I'd prefer something a little more mystical, such as the planets tend to be named after mythology. I liked Cocoon Nebula, but to change it up

Silk Worm Nebula

has a different ring to it, to me.

Someone early on had mentioned an Indian or Arabic (?) God named Roc, & I remembered a great fantasy series I had read by Australian author, Sara Douglass, had as characters these demons called TimeKeepers named as listed:
The Timekeeper Demons

Mot ruled dawn, a time of hunger,
Barzula ruled mid-morning, a time of tempest,
Sheol ruled mid-afternoon, a time of despair,
Raspu ruled dusk, a time of pestilence,
Rox ruled night, a time of terror,
Qeteb, was their leader. He ruled Mid-day, a time of destruction, and was considered to be the greatest demon.

It was the Rox/Roc name that inspired me to add these demon names as suggestions, although I still prefer Silk Worm Nebula.

Thanks for the interesting reads!

My vote is for the Pillow Nebula. It looks like the kind of pillow you'd see in a dream!

Looks a bit like the Massif region in France. And its oversize mass is massive.

Stingray Nebula

X-Brain

Looks like popcorn to me. or maybe the pop nebula.

The image has streas surround the bright part of the nebula. Are these real or artifacts of the imaging process? If they ar ereal, they suggest comets in the plasma wind that is probably flowing out of this object.

brucesalem wrote:The image has streas surround the bright part of the nebula. Are these real or artifacts of the imaging process? If they ar ereal, they suggest comets in the plasma wind that is probably flowing out of this object.

Real, but just cosmic rays. Something like a hair or a speck of dust you see momentarily when watching an old film.

Cone shell nebula

Mashed potatoes!

Cabbage Roll Nebula! or Stuffed Cabbage Nebula
По-русски: Туманность "Голубец" :-Р

The Ice Flower Nebula

A lot of people including myself think this nebula resembles a pillow.

The Pillow Nebula

Chicken Leg

I know I'm replying to an old topic. I call it: the 'Northern Homunculus'. Like the 'Northern Trifid', NGC 1579.

INformal name for MGC7027: Sack of sugar!

This should be called the cerebellum nebula.

Definitely should be named the Cerebellum nebula. It does resemble a cerebellum, and the metaphor for movement is excellent.

I like Sheep's Wool or Cottage Cheese nebula

I would offer “Butterfly Nebula” — a bit poetic, but it’s a pretty nebula!

wingsuit nebula