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Astronomy - Giant Squid Nebula (Yea Right!)
Posted on 10/12/22 at 9:40 am
Posted on 10/12/22 at 9:40 am
Astronomy Picture of the Day
Explanation: A mysterious squid-like cosmic cloud, this nebula is very faint, but also very large in planet Earth's sky. In the image, composed with 30 hours of narrowband image data, it spans nearly three full moons toward the royal constellation Cepheus. Discovered in 2011 by French astro-imager Nicolas Outters, the Squid Nebula's bipolar shape is distinguished here by the telltale blue-green emission from doubly ionized oxygen atoms. Though apparently surrounded by the reddish hydrogen emission region Sh2-129, the true distance and nature of the Squid Nebula have been difficult to determine. Still, a more recent investigation suggests Ou4 really does lie within Sh2-129 some 2,300 light-years away. Consistent with that scenario, the cosmic squid would represent a spectacular outflow of material driven by a triple system of hot, massive stars, cataloged as HR8119, seen near the center of the nebula. If so, this truly giant squid nebula would physically be over 50 light-years across.
Explanation: A mysterious squid-like cosmic cloud, this nebula is very faint, but also very large in planet Earth's sky. In the image, composed with 30 hours of narrowband image data, it spans nearly three full moons toward the royal constellation Cepheus. Discovered in 2011 by French astro-imager Nicolas Outters, the Squid Nebula's bipolar shape is distinguished here by the telltale blue-green emission from doubly ionized oxygen atoms. Though apparently surrounded by the reddish hydrogen emission region Sh2-129, the true distance and nature of the Squid Nebula have been difficult to determine. Still, a more recent investigation suggests Ou4 really does lie within Sh2-129 some 2,300 light-years away. Consistent with that scenario, the cosmic squid would represent a spectacular outflow of material driven by a triple system of hot, massive stars, cataloged as HR8119, seen near the center of the nebula. If so, this truly giant squid nebula would physically be over 50 light-years across.
Posted on 10/12/22 at 9:41 am to blueridgeTiger
I enjoy these posts, keep it up.
Posted on 10/12/22 at 9:49 am to blueridgeTiger
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Astronomy - Giant Squid Nebula (Yea Right!)
Are you suggesting a porn actress on each end of Nebula would make more sense?
Posted on 10/12/22 at 10:26 am to blueridgeTiger
I found an analog to this "nebula".
Posted on 10/12/22 at 11:13 am to blueridgeTiger
Looks like a dildo and a butt plug backed up against each other.
Posted on 10/12/22 at 11:17 am to BigJake
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It’s all CGI
Yep, for $20 billion a year
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