Posted on 09/08/2022 12:13:34 PM PDT by MtnClimber
Explanation: Fans of our fair planet might recognize the outlines of these cosmic clouds. On the left, bright emission outlined by dark, obscuring dust lanes seems to trace a continental shape, lending the popular name North America Nebula to the emission region cataloged as NGC 7000. To the right, just off the North America Nebula's east coast, is IC 5070, whose avian profile suggests the Pelican Nebula. The two bright nebulae are about 1,500 light-years away, part of the same large and complex star forming region, almost as nearby as the better-known Orion Nebula. At that distance, the 3 degree wide field of view would span 80 light-years. This careful cosmic portrait uses narrowband images combined to highlight the bright ionization fronts and the characteristic glow from atomic hydrogen, and oxygen gas. These nebulae can be seen with binoculars from a dark location. Look northeast of bright star Deneb in Cygnus the Swan, soaring high in the northern summer night sky.
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Looks to me like a cow jumping over a pelican.
Louisiana Judge to Boudreaux:
“Since you didn’t know it was illegal to hunt Pelicans, our state bird, I’m going to let you off with a warning.” “By the way, what does Pelican taste like?”
Bourdreaux:
“Oh it’s good. But not as tender and juicy as a bald eagle.”
It also looks like a cow racing a rabbit.
It looks like Joe trying to sniff a dogs hair.
If you are going to hunt pelicans in Louisiana, you needs a good twice barrel shotgun.
Lol, true dat!
I see North America, but the other looks like an Angry Beaver................
The NA Nebula is so hard to see where I live, I had to look at the patterns of stars in a star atlas to know for sure where it was. Hard to make out in a small refractor.
Elizabeth Warren?
That would be Angry Gray Beaver...........................
What a strange bird is the pelly can...
Looks like bat eyes in the middle with large ears...
But an awesome photo!!
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