{"id":29402,"date":"2010-10-16T13:18:15","date_gmt":"2010-10-16T13:18:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/stuck-in-the-lagoon%e2%80%99s-quagmire-bad-astronomy\/"},"modified":"2010-10-16T13:18:15","modified_gmt":"2010-10-16T13:18:15","slug":"stuck-in-the-lagoon%e2%80%99s-quagmire-bad-astronomy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/astronomy\/stuck-in-the-lagoon%e2%80%99s-quagmire-bad-astronomy.php","title":{"rendered":"Stuck in the Lagoon\u2019s quagmire | Bad Astronomy"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Lagoon Nebula is one of the more famous objects in the sky. It’s a big, bright gas cloud easily spotted using binoculars in the constellation of Sagittarius, and through a telescope reveals quite a bit of detail. I’ve seen it literally hundreds of times, observing in the summer when Sagittarius is up. You can even see it in a picture I took a few weeks ago<\/a> (if you’re really curious, scroll to the bottom, click the pic of Sagittarius, and then look off to the right of center; the compact fuzzy pink thing is the Lagoon).<\/p>

So when you take something big, bright, and close, and point Hubble at it, the detail is pretty spectacular<\/a>:<\/p>

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As you might expect, I could go on and on about what you’re seeing here: dense clouds of gas and dust, star forming regions, shock waves, and the like. Instead, though, I’ll direct you to the four bumps, like a wave going across the nebula from left to right and downsloping a bit. Take a look at that third one from the left. Does it look familiar…?<\/p>

[Punch line after the jump... don't wanna rue-een it...]<\/p>

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Oh yeah!<\/em> Giggity giggity lagoon!<\/p>

For those of you who have no idea what I’m talking about because you are even older than I am, then just assume it’s really Bob Hope. Or Nixon. Or given that eyebrow ridge, Neanderthal Nixon.<\/p>

I’ll stick with Quagmire, though. But not too close. Because, y’know. Ewww.<\/p>

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