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2 posted on 02/27/2026 11:52:59 AM PST by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery, wildlife and climbing, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)

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Pinging the APOD list

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3 posted on 02/27/2026 11:53:46 AM PST by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery, wildlife and climbing, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)

To: MtnClimber

Wow.

4 posted on 02/27/2026 12:05:25 PM PST by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )

To: MtnClimber

They call it the Jellyfish nebula because it just sits there.

Jellyfish* (v.) to sit around like a jellyfish on the beach and do nothing

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* This was a slang term when I was growing up.

“We planned to go out and do something, but so-and-so jellyfished.”

6 posted on 02/27/2026 12:14:52 PM PST by Disambiguator

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Very nice!

7 posted on 02/27/2026 1:55:32 PM PST by telescope115 (Ad Astra, Ad Deum…)

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8 posted on 02/27/2026 3:04:09 PM PST by DannyTN

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