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APOD: Monsters of IC 1396 (2011 Apr 25)
Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2011 4:09 am
by APOD Robot
Monsters of IC 1396
Explanation: Is there a monster in
IC 1396? Known to some as the
Elephant's Trunk Nebula, parts of the glowing gas and
dust clouds of this
star formation region may appear to take on foreboding forms, some
nearly human. The entire nebula might even look like a face of a monster. The only real
monster here, however, is a
bright young star too far from
Earth to be dangerous.
Energetic light from this star is eating away the
dust of the dark
cometary globule at the top right the image.
Jets and
winds of particles
emitted from this star are also pushing away ambient gas and
dust. Nearly 3,000
light-years distant, the
IC 1396 complex is relatively faint and covers a region on the sky with an apparent width of more than 10
full moons. Recently, over 100 young stars have been
discovered forming in the nebula.
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Re: APOD: Monsters of IC 1396 (2011 Apr 25)
Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2011 7:28 am
by Ann
This is a good-looking portrait of IC 1396, where the "elephant trunk", a "pillar" of the same kind that were so memorably shown by Hubble in the Eagle Nebula, is dramatically outlined in gold. It does resemble a Nessie of some sort.
Since today's APOD rather plays "down" the hot O-type star ionizing the nebula and making its "Nessie" stand out, I thought I'd post a picture where the hot central star is much more obvious.
Ann
Re: APOD: Monsters of IC 1396 (2011 Apr 25)
Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2011 5:09 pm
by HarrySevenEagles
It doesn't look like a monster; it looks like a fluffy dog.....
I like the ideas of fluffy dogs in space.
Re: APOD: Monsters of IC 1396 (2011 Apr 25)
Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2011 5:17 pm
by Sam
Re: APOD: Monsters of IC 1396 (2011 Apr 25)
Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2011 7:12 pm
by NoelC
Ann wrote: I thought I'd post a picture
And in living color!
Thank you, Ann.
-Noel
Re: APOD: Monsters of IC 1396 (2011 Apr 25)
Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2011 7:13 pm
by BMAONE23
HarrySevenEagles wrote:It doesn't look like a monster; it looks like a fluffy dog.....
I like the ideas of fluffy dogs in space.
How about BARF?
Re: APOD: Monsters of IC 1396 (2011 Apr 25)
Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2011 8:21 pm
by neufer
BMAONE23 wrote:HarrySevenEagles wrote:
It doesn't look like a monster; it looks like a fluffy dog.....
I like the ideas of fluffy dogs in space.
How about BARF?
Minister: What's your name?
Barf: Barf.
Minister: Your full name?
Barf: Barf-olemew! I'm a mog: half man, half dog. I'm my own best friend!
Re: APOD: Monsters of IC 1396 (2011 Apr 25)
Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2011 8:55 pm
by NMN
"Monsters! Monsters from the IC!!"
/presses planet-destroying plunger, dies
Re: APOD: Monsters of IC 1396 (2011 Apr 25)
Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2011 11:49 pm
by Guest
....or maybe it's Donald Trump.