Dolphin Love Nebula

The real name is the ‘Great Nebula In Orion’ or M42, but it looks like a dolphin at the lower left corner of a heart shape. The dolphin's take fades into the dust cloud.

http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap110913.html

[Avilucis]

I can see the face of a little bear or something similar :-) In the brown part next to the blue, in the middle, towards the left.

Is this a Rorschach Test?? I see a naked lady looking at me with Come-Hither Eyes.

Originally Posted by Avilucis

I can see the face of a little bear or something similar :-) In the brown part next to the blue, in the middle, towards the left.

I see what you're describing. It's the top of the head.

Also in the top right of the red heart a horse head emerges. I see the ears & left eye w/ the nose going into a red swirly cloud in the center. The dark area on the extreme right looks like its mane.

[Avilucis]

Oh, I see the horse!

I can see a bird poised in flight, with the big red bloom above as it's strange looking wings.

Still can't see the dolphin though.

Can't see Greybeards naked lady either lol

[Apakhana Akshobhya]

Isn't that the "Butterfly Nebula?"

[Avilucis]

Ok, I see the dolphin now, and the naked lady ... now just have to find the butterfly! x

Originally Posted by Apakhana Akshobhya

Isn't that the "Butterfly Nebula?"

Dolphin Love Nebula is the name I crafted for it because of what I thought it looked like. The 2 names that NASA uses are the ‘Great Nebula In Orion’ or M42.

Two Butterfly Nebula pics from the NASA site. It's beautiful.



http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hu...o_ngc6302.html



http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap980602.html

Originally Posted by Avilucis

Ok, I see the dolphin now, and the naked lady ... now just have to find the butterfly! x

See my reply ‘Not The Formal Name’ to Apakhana Akshobhya. It’s the butterfly nebula. The butterfly name is apt.

[Avilucis]

Thanks Mattie,

The pictures are beautiful, to me the butterfly one is sort of mesmerising.
I realised about the name, good job!