Posted on 10/31/2014 12:40:02 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
Explanation: Frightening forms and scary faces are a mark of the Halloween season. They also haunt this cosmic close-up of the eastern Veil Nebula. The Veil Nebula itself is a large supernova remnant, the expanding debris cloud from the death explosion of a massive star. While the Veil is roughly circular in shape and covers nearly 3 degrees on the sky in the constellation Cygnus, this portion of the eastern Veil spans only 1/2 degree, about the apparent size of the Moon. That translates to 12 light-years at the Veil's estimated distance, a reassuring 1,400 light-years from planet Earth. In the composite of image data recorded through broad and narrow band filters, emission from hydrogen atoms in the remnant is shown in red with strong emission from oxygen atoms in blue-green hues. Of course, in the western part of the Veil lies another seasonal apparition, the Witch's Broom.
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[Credit & Copyright: Ken Crawford (Rancho Del Sol Observatory)]
Anne Francis was hot.
That is one scary looking nebula. Looks like a Great Horned Owl with wings spread to me.
One of my favorite old movies!
Leslie Neilson was too! LOL!
Anne Francis was hot (kiss? what’s kiss?)
Leslie Nielson was serious.
Forbidden Planet freaked me out when I was six. It is still, IM0, the best sci fi movie, ever. Period.
Beautiful nebula. Amazing what the advanced spectrum detecting telescopes can reveal.
And that must have been some supernova that created it.
I loved LN in that movie (as in major crush), and years later, i loved him because he m,ade me LAUGH! :-)
Indeed. Or maybe Mothman.
Excellent
That works too. It sure looks like a drawing or a painting intentionally made to depict something. Amazing!
Astronomy question, is there a north, south, etc in space?
Ahhhh... Forbidden Planet. Great stuff.
There are a lot of images in that picture. It’s fun to seek and find them. Great APOD, my friend.
Nope. There’s barely a north-south in this Solar System. :’)
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