NGC 1499: The California Nebula

Such a lovely place… such a lovely place.

It puts me in mind of a rasher of streaky bacon.

(An alien concept for a vegetarian.)

Why do I feel there is something intrinsically wrong about naming astronomical objects after political constructs?

… you can check in any time you like, but you can never leave.

Well, that explains why we haven’t had any alien abductions by creatures from the (Hotel) California Nebula.

A very fitting name: begins in a fog, makes a brief splash and just sort of trails off into nowhere … :smiley:

djm

Funny though how I’ve been seeing people flock here for the last 30 years or so and then bitch about the place (and the over-population!)