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The Swan Nebula

Photography Space posted on Jun 02, 2006
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M17 in that Frenchman's list of 'Non-Comets'. Popularly called the Swan Nebula. I think you can see the shape of that aquatic feathered beast quite clearly, its head bent dow to the right of this picture. This is the brightest cloudy 'faint-fuzzy' other than the Orion Nebula. It is in Sagitarius, about 5000 light years away from us. It is red because of the host of baby stars (hidden by the nebula) inside that cause the cloud of hydrogen to glow. Some people call it the Lobster Nebula, the Omega Nebula or the Horseshoe Nebula. I guess it depends on what you are sniffing at the time.

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TwoPynts

11:42AM | Fri, 02 June 2006

Big LOL at your last paragraph! 8^] Is this with the new dedicated camera? Great swan song of a celestial photo!

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kimariehere

7:04PM | Fri, 02 June 2006

awesome shot lol at the sniffing ... i love space shots .. fantastic ..!!

jared99

8:01PM | Fri, 02 June 2006

Sweet shot and info! Supposed to be clear here tonight, maybe I'll give it a gander.

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chips7

8:12PM | Fri, 02 June 2006

I prefer the "Omega Nebula". Perfect shot!


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