More nebulae - Barnard's Loop

• by Alpha_Aurigae

  Inverted image reveals more nebulosity:

  

  Posted December 8, 2014 9:00 PM

• by Alpha_Aurigae

  And here it is when zoomed out even further:

  

  05:45:57.22,+02:21:02.4

  Posted December 8, 2014 9:01 PM

• by Alpha_Aurigae

  I checked Google Sky, this is very close to the Horsehead Nebula and the Orion Nebula 😃

  Posted December 8, 2014 9:06 PM

• by Alpha_Aurigae

  Having some fun here. The nebula bottom left in the second post might be part of Barnard's Loop, the crescent shaped nebula to the left. Our star is in the upper part:

  

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barnard's_Loop

  Posted December 8, 2014 9:18 PM

• by Alpha_Aurigae

  And here you can see the constellation of Orion:

  

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orion_Molecular_Cloud_Complex

  Posted December 8, 2014 9:22 PM

• by Alpha_Aurigae

  Isn't the universe beautiful ? 😃

  Posted December 8, 2014 9:24 PM

• by Alpha_Aurigae

  (Oops, I posted it in the wrong discussion group. It should have been in Science)

  Posted December 8, 2014 9:42 PM

• by williamaskew

  CRTS CSS111003 J054558+022106 -- Cataclysmic Variable Star,

  Great observation Aa

  Posted December 8, 2014 9:46 PM

• by Alpha_Aurigae

  Thanks, Billy 😃. I knew it was a CV, and I decided to check the neighbourhood. And that was a pretty one 😃

  Posted December 8, 2014 9:54 PM

• by Capella05 moderator

  ...and the thread is moved to Science 😃

  Posted December 8, 2014 10:29 PM

• by Alpha_Aurigae

  Thanks 😃 😃 😃

  Posted December 8, 2014 10:30 PM

• by Alpha_Aurigae

  This one is also near Barnard's Loop:

  
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  See: http://talk.galaxyzoo.org/#/boards/BGZ0000004/discussions/DGZ00014wn?page=1&comment_id=548dc16527b562490c000190

  Posted December 14, 2014 5:05 PM

• by Alpha_Aurigae

  This one too:

  
  AGZ0004baw

  

  Posted December 22, 2014 6:07 PM