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APOD: Reflections of the Ghost Nebula (2023 Oct 30)
Posted: Mon Oct 30, 2023 4:07 am
by APOD Robot
Reflections of the Ghost Nebula
Explanation: Do any shapes seem to jump out at you from this interstellar field of stars and dust? The
jeweled expanse, filled with faint, starlight-reflecting clouds, drifts through the night in the royal constellation of
Cepheus. Far from your own neighborhood on planet
Earth, these
ghostly apparitions lurk along the plane of the Milky Way at the edge of the
Cepheus Flare molecular cloud complex some 1,200
light-years away. Over two
light-years across and brighter than the other spooky
chimeras,
VdB 141 or Sh2-136 is also known as the
Ghost Nebula, seen toward the bottom of the
featured image. Within the
reflection nebula are the telltale signs of dense cores
collapsing in the early
stages of star formation.
Re: APOD: Reflections of the Ghost Nebula (2023 Oct 30)
Posted: Mon Oct 30, 2023 5:58 pm
by Sa Ji Tario
figures that remind me of "Guernica"
Re: APOD: Reflections of the Ghost Nebula (2023 Oct 30)
Posted: Mon Oct 30, 2023 6:18 pm
by Pastorian
Sa Ji Tario wrote: ↑Mon Oct 30, 2023 5:58 pm
figures that remind me of "Guernica"
cool
Re: APOD: Reflections of the Ghost Nebula (2023 Oct 30)
Posted: Mon Oct 30, 2023 6:40 pm
by orin stepanek
Looks like One Ghost is after the other!
Re: APOD: Reflections of the Ghost Nebula (2023 Oct 30)
Posted: Mon Oct 30, 2023 6:54 pm
by johnnydeep
Pastorian wrote: ↑Mon Oct 30, 2023 6:18 pm
Sa Ji Tario wrote: ↑Mon Oct 30, 2023 5:58 pm
figures that remind me of "Guernica"
cool
Nice! I couldn't really see any resemblance at all before your post.
Re: APOD: Reflections of the Ghost Nebula (2023 Oct 30)
Posted: Mon Oct 30, 2023 10:04 pm
by Pastorian
johnnydeep wrote: ↑Mon Oct 30, 2023 6:54 pm
Pastorian wrote: ↑Mon Oct 30, 2023 6:18 pm
Sa Ji Tario wrote: ↑Mon Oct 30, 2023 5:58 pm
figures that remind me of "Guernica"
cool
Nice! I couldn't really see any resemblance at all before your post.
Thanks Johnnydeep, great call by Sa Ji Tario.
Re: APOD: Reflections of the Ghost Nebula (2023 Oct 30)
Posted: Tue Oct 31, 2023 6:08 am
by Ann
Pastorian wrote: ↑Mon Oct 30, 2023 6:18 pm
Sa Ji Tario wrote: ↑Mon Oct 30, 2023 5:58 pm
figures that remind me of "Guernica"
cool
Great observation, Sa Ji Tario, and wonderful attachment, Pastorian! I would love to know how you made it. But you probably shouldn't try to explain it to me, because I'm a technical idiot.
I went from being relatively uninterested in the APOD to going "Ahhh!" over it, thanks to the "Guernica" aspect of it!
Ann
