Astronomy Picture of the Day -- The Owl and the Galaxy

NASA ^ | April 02, 2015 | (see photo credit)

[SunkenCiv]

Explanation:The Owl and the Galaxy sail these skies
With blue and yellow star.

They go together beneath the Big Dipper,
If you wonder where they are.

The Galaxy's light shines through the night,
Ten millions of light-years away.

But never fear the Owl is near,
Inside the Milky Way.

A cosmic shroud, the Owl is proud,
its central star a must.

And the spiral Galaxy lies on edge
To show off all its dust,
Its dust,
Its dust,
To show off all its dust.

[SunkenCiv]

[Credit and Copyright: Christoph Kaltseis -- Poem: Apologies to Edward Lear]

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[reed13k]

Any idea which planet or moon that is on the left? Doesn’t appear to be Mars, but could be a color manipulation. Cool pic and a nice poem.

[Conan the Librarian]

That’s the Owl Nebula.

Very pretty in a scope. Without the computer enhancement, It looks like it has two large owl eyes.

Both are in Ursa Major.

[mikrofon]

Nice turn of the poem ;)

This prior Hubble posting of a Galactic collision looks somewhat like an owl gazing at us from space…