{"id":11478,"date":"2010-03-10T19:46:42","date_gmt":"2010-03-10T19:46:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/the-cosmic-bat\/"},"modified":"2010-03-10T19:46:42","modified_gmt":"2010-03-10T19:46:42","slug":"the-cosmic-bat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/astronomy\/the-cosmic-bat.php","title":{"rendered":"The Cosmic Bat"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Cosmic Bat in Orion. Click for a larger version. Image credit: ESO<\/p><\/div>

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From ESO:<\/p>

The Cosmic Bat The delicate nebula NGC 1788, located in a dark and often neglected corner of the Orion constellation, is revealed in a new and finely nuanced image that ESO is releasing today. Although this ghostly cloud is rather isolated from Orion’s bright stars, the latter’s powerful winds and light have had a strong impact on the nebula, forging its shape and making it home to a multitude of infant suns.<\/p><\/blockquote>

As the caption says NGC 1788<\/a> is in the constellation or Orion<\/a>. If you were to neglect the Great Orion Nebula<\/a>, Orion is still a fabulous place to poke around with a telescope.<\/p>

I’ve spent many hours cruising around. The number of double and triple star systems is pretty amazing. I will admit to never seeing this particular feature, it’s rather small and not actually “inside” the figure of Orion<\/a>, besides the brightest star in nebula is a magnitude 10, not exactly dim for a telescope but it doesn’t stand out like a triple hot blue star system either.<\/p>

I may try and find it though and it’s really pretty easy to find. Just go from Rigel<\/a> not quite half way to the lowest star in the shield, and to the right of 28-Eta Orionis<\/a>.  Yeah, that’s right, just above the Witchhead nebula (another reflection nebula).<\/p>

Want a desktop of this? Head on over to the ESO site<\/a>.<\/p>

Don’t forget to participate in the GAN project (click the GAN banner to the right).<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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