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There's A Cat In The Omega Nebula (You won't believe this)
Dark Roasted Blend ^ | January 2012 | Avi Abrams

Posted on 07/08/2012 1:15:21 PM PDT by Windflier

Find the bright star in the (upper) blue portion of the nebula. Look straight down and you can see the tip of the cat's left ear.

Look down and to the left, and you can see two perfectly symmetrical eyes, with a perfectly formed feline nose between them, exactly where you'd expect it to be.

It gets even weirder. Look above the cat's right eye and you can faintly see its right ear sticking up. If you can now clearly see the face of the cat, look to your right and you will see its entire body.



Even spookier....I can even see the spotted markings on the cat's face, and whiskers.


TOPICS: Arts/Photography; Astronomy
KEYWORDS: catnebula; ceilingcat; kittynebula; kittyping; megameow; nebula; photography; space; xplanets
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I know that some may have a hard time seeing the cat, but it stood right out the first time I looked at this image. It's so clear and perfect, that my first thought was, that another image must have somehow been superimposed on the photo of the nebula.
1 posted on 07/08/2012 1:15:27 PM PDT by Windflier
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To: Windflier

Looks like a orange tabby.


2 posted on 07/08/2012 1:18:03 PM PDT by lysie
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To: Windflier

I don’t know... I see 12 small elves doing the whole Irish Riverdance thing - maybe, Lord of the Dance.


3 posted on 07/08/2012 1:19:18 PM PDT by aMorePerfectUnion ("I'm comfortable with a Romney win." - Pres. Jimmy Carter)
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To: Windflier
Human brains find patterns in random things. It's a well known phenomenon.

But yeah... I see the cat.

/johnny

4 posted on 07/08/2012 1:19:49 PM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: lysie

a = an


5 posted on 07/08/2012 1:22:00 PM PDT by lysie
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To: Windflier
i see it.


6 posted on 07/08/2012 1:23:46 PM PDT by the invisib1e hand (A Dalmation was spotted wagging its tail.)
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To: Windflier; Slings and Arrows; Lady Jag

Well I don’t know about the cat part, but I can see the Madonna. And a pancreas.


7 posted on 07/08/2012 1:24:15 PM PDT by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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To: JRandomFreeper
Human brains find patterns in random things. It's a well known phenomenon. But yeah... I see the cat.

I know the phenomena well, and spent many boyhood afternoons finding patterns in clouds. This, though, is a whole 'nother level of 'pattern'. Unbelievable.

8 posted on 07/08/2012 1:26:23 PM PDT by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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To: lysie
Looks like a orange tabby.

Looks more like a cheetah, or some other big cat to me.

9 posted on 07/08/2012 1:27:17 PM PDT by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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To: Windflier

Nah...I can’t see any of that. But I also can’t see the pictures within pictures that you stare at for 15 minutes in the mall.


10 posted on 07/08/2012 1:27:30 PM PDT by ransomnote
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To: Windflier

It jumps straight out at you, once you find the star and follow the directions. Spooky!


11 posted on 07/08/2012 1:27:46 PM PDT by DieHard the Hunter (Is mise an ceann-cinnidh. Cha ghéill mi do dhuine. Fàg am bealach.)
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To: Windflier

looks more like a wolf .. it has a long snout a cat doesn’t


12 posted on 07/08/2012 1:28:52 PM PDT by Lib-Lickers 2
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To: ransomnote
Nah...I can’t see any of that.

Look closer. It's really there.

13 posted on 07/08/2012 1:29:17 PM PDT by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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To: Windflier

As my Siamese says: No surprise, cats rule the universe.....


14 posted on 07/08/2012 1:29:33 PM PDT by doorgunner69
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To: Windflier

I can see the cat’s face. :)=^..^=


15 posted on 07/08/2012 1:30:00 PM PDT by Biggirl ("Jesus talked to us as individuals"-Jim Vicevich/Thanks JimV!)
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To: Windflier

Jumps right out at you. I’m going with orange tabby too.


16 posted on 07/08/2012 1:30:25 PM PDT by PA Engineer (Time to beat the swords of government tyranny into the plowshares of freedom.)
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To: Windflier

I must be right brained because I don’t see a cat...with your instructions I guess you can say it’s a cat...but to me it would be anything...


17 posted on 07/08/2012 1:30:25 PM PDT by Popman (When you elect a clown: expect a circus...)
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To: Windflier

I must be right brained because I don’t see a cat...with your instructions I guess you can say it’s a cat...but to me it could be anything...


18 posted on 07/08/2012 1:30:53 PM PDT by Popman (When you elect a clown: expect a circus...)
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To: the invisib1e hand
i see it.

Amazing, isn't it?

19 posted on 07/08/2012 1:31:26 PM PDT by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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To: Windflier
Of Monsters and Men
20 posted on 07/08/2012 1:31:26 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
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