APOD: Bright Planetary Nebula NGC 7027... (2013 Aug 26)
Re: APOD: Bright Planetary Nebula NGC 7027... (2013 Aug 26)
Looks like a ghost to me, so Casper seems like a decent name
Re: APOD: Bright Planetary Nebula NGC 7027... (2013 Aug 26)
Iceblock - a white bubbly centre with a clear outer portion
Pillow
Pillow
Re: APOD: Bright Planetary Nebula NGC 7027... (2013 Aug 26)
it looks like a 5-pointed star to me
Re: APOD: Bright Planetary Nebula NGC 7027... (2013 Aug 26)
Gozer, because it reminds me of the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man.
Re: APOD: Bright Planetary Nebula NGC 7027... (2013 Aug 26)
My vote, the Roasted Marshmallow Nebula.
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Re: APOD: Bright Planetary Nebula NGC 7027... (2013 Aug 26)
Manta Ray nebula or Shark's Mouth nebula
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looks like Cappuccino to me
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It reminds me of a starfish too, but the reminiscense of cotton is also too strong. So I suggest the name "Cotton Starfish". Since calling it just Cotton Star would be too confusing, and just Starfish, not too fair.astroobiwon wrote:The first thing that came to my mind when I viewed this planetary nebula was sheep's wool, so I think it should be called, "The Sheep's Wool Nebula" or Sheep Nebula.
Re: APOD: Bright Planetary Nebula NGC 7027... (2013 Aug 26)
The first thought I had was "Iceberg". And I was not the first to think of that.
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>no galaxies in the imagegeckzilla wrote: There are no galaxies in the image.
Edit: Here is another image of the same object sans cosmic rays.
http://skycenter.arizona.edu/gallery/Nebulae/NGC7027 ...Just look up for yourself any other image of this object and you'll find that the only one with this arrangement of spots and specks will be the Hubble data. That's because they cosmic ray strikes are unique for each time the telescope captures some image.
>only one notable star in the image
>toplel
Do you even Hubble?
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Re: APOD: Bright Planetary Nebula NGC 7027... (2013 Aug 26)
What? There are several stars visible in the APOD image. Like I said, most of those streaks are cosmic rays. If you clean them up then you can more clearly see the stars. I "Hubble" more than any of you might expect.Guest wrote:>no galaxies in the image
>only one notable star in the image
>toplel
Do you even Hubble?
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Re: APOD: Bright Planetary Nebula NGC 7027... (2013 Aug 26)
How about the "Bowtie Nebula"? Or the "Bill Nye in the Sky Nebula"?
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I think it could be called the moth or the pillow nebula. Either seem fitting.
Re: APOD: Bright Planetary Nebula NGC 7027... (2013 Aug 26)
NGC 7027 The cushion nebula.
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I looks like a frosted mini wheat
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It looks like an oyster to me.