We have had a solid cloud cover, up here 65N, over two months now. My new imaging system stands useless at the rooftop, very frustrating.
We are easily seeing quasi logical forms in random shapes since we have a most powerful shape recognition machine in our brains. Based on previous phenomena, I made a funny collection out of my photos. There is an original version of my photo and same photo as I see it in my head. Part of the images are named after my own observations and some are commonly known nicknames. NOTE. All of the astronomical photos in this blog post are originally taken by me.
It looks like...
a Hawk
The Great Wall of Cygnus is a part of the North America Nebula, NGC 7000. Image info
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Melotte 15 cluster in IC 1805, info about this photo can be seen
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a Giacometti's "Walking Man"
An Elephant's Trunk Nebula in IC 1396, info about this photo can be seen
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an Alpine View
A closeup of NGC 1499, the "California Nebula"
, info about this photo can be seen
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a Cone
The "Cone Nebula", info about this image
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a Horse
Sharpless 132, "
The furious cosmic horse gets blinded by a divine blue light" Image info
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The horse sculpture at right is shot from the
Piazza Navona, Rome, and it's made by the great
Bernini.
a Wizard
Info about the NGC 7380, the Wizard Nebula, can be seen
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an Eagle
Messier 16, M16, the Eagle Nebula, more info about this photo
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a logo of Grateful Dead
Simeis 147 supernova remnant in Taurus, information about this photo of mine can be found
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Info about the Grateful Dead
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a Nuclear Blast
IC 443, supernova remnant, a cosmic Nuclear Blast (It really is a one!) more info
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a Smiley Face
Eastern Veil Nebula, more info about this photo can be seen
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a Soap Bubble
Bubble Nebula, information about this photo of mine can be found
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a Pizza Pie
Messier 104 galaxy, information about this photo of mine can be found
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a Lobster
IC 410 and 405 Nebulae, more info about this photo can be seen
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a Baby Polar Bear
IC 1848, the Soul Nebula, information about this photo of mine can be found
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a Velvet Curtain
IC 405, the Flaming Star Nebula, info about this photo can be seen
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a Ball of Tangled String
Simeis 147 supernova remnant in Taurus, information about this photo of mine can be found
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a Scottish Terrier
Sharpless 132, Sh2-132, information about this photo of mine can be found
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a Silver Dollar
NGC 253, a "Silver Dollar Galaxy", information about this photo of mine can be found
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a Gargoyle
A detail of the Elephant's Trunk Nebula in IC 1396, info about this photo can be seen
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a Question Mark
Cederblad 214, information about this photo of mine can be found
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a Bat
IC 1848, the Soul nebula, info about this photo can be found
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Or
an Angel
a Monkey Head
Info about the NGC 2174, the Monkey Head Nebula, can be seen
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a Siamese Fighting Fish
NGC 281, the "Pac Man Nebula", can be found
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This is traditionally seen as a "Pac Man" (A game figure from 80's)
a Cosmic Fertilization
IC 410, info about this photo can be seen
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a Burning Tree
Melotte 15 cluster in IC 1805, info about this photo can be seen
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a Heart
IC 1805, the Heart Nebula and a photo of a lamb's heart at right. Info about the IC 1805 photo
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a Chili Pepper
IC 410, info about this photo can be seen
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a Cirrus Cloud
Hydrogen filaments in Cygnus, info about this photo of mine can be seen
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a Christmas Tree
A Christmas Tree Cluster and the Cone Nebula, info about this photo can be seen
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A Chinese Dragon
18-panel mosaic photo of constellation Cygnus, info about this photo can be seen
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a Horus
NGC 6357, Sharpless 11, an Egyptian Horus, more info
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a Butterfly
Butterfly Nebula, info about this photo of mine can be found
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a Pelican
Pelican Nebula in Cygnus, more information about Pelican Nebula can be seen
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a Ghost
IC 63, the Red Ghost, more info about this photo can be seen
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a Medusa's Head
A wide field shot of the Tulip Nebula area, in constellation Cygnus, looks like the Bernini's sculpture of Medusa's Head. More info about this photo can be seen
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(or a Sideshow Bob from the Simpsons...)
a North America
NGC 7000, the North America nebula, more info about this photo
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a Nike of Samothrace
IC 1340, "
an Electric Nike of Samothrace", part of the Eastern veil nebula in light emitted by the ionized Oxygen only. More info about this image can be seen
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a Piece of Marble
The Propeller Nebula area in constellation cygnus looks like tile of a marble stone. More info about this target can be seen
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a Rose
Rosette Nebula, more info about this object can be found
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a Leaping Puma
A detail from the Rosette Nebula looks like a leaping Puma. More info about this photo
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a Teapot
The Tulip Nebula, Sh2-101, a Cosmic Teapot. (Note. the famous
Russell's teapot!)
Info about this photo of mine can be seen
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a Tulip
The Tulip Nebula, Sharpless 101, more info can be seen
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a Tennis Ball
Sh2-216, A planetary Nebula in Perseus, the closest PN to Earth ever discovered, looks like a cosmic tennis ball. More info about this object can be found
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