Starship Asterisk*

Lucky Coookie Nebula

wingsuit nebula

I would offer “Butterfly Nebula” — a bit poetic, but it’s a pretty nebula!

I like Sheep's Wool or Cottage Cheese nebula

Definitely should be named the Cerebellum nebula. It does resemble a cerebellum, and the metaphor for movement is excellent.

This should be called the cerebellum nebula.

INformal name for MGC7027: Sack of sugar!

I know I'm replying to an old topic. I call it: the 'Northern Homunculus'. Like the 'Northern Trifid', NGC 1579.

Chicken Leg

The Pillow Nebula

A lot of people including myself think this nebula resembles a pillow.

The Ice Flower Nebula

Cabbage Roll Nebula! or Stuffed Cabbage Nebula
По-русски: Туманность "Голубец" :-Р

Mashed potatoes!

Cone shell nebula

[quote="brucesalem"]The image has streas surround the bright part of the nebula. Are these real or artifacts of the imaging process? If they ar ereal, they suggest comets in the plasma wind that is probably flowing out of this object.[/quote]

Real, but just cosmic rays. Something like a hair or a speck of dust you see momentarily when watching an old film.

The image has streas surround the bright part of the nebula. Are these real or artifacts of the imaging process? If they ar ereal, they suggest comets in the plasma wind that is probably flowing out of this object.

Looks like popcorn to me. :ssmile: or maybe the pop nebula.

X-Brain

Stingray Nebula

Looks a bit like the Massif region in France. And its oversize mass is massive.

My vote is for the Pillow Nebula. It looks like the kind of pillow you'd see in a dream!

Hello all,
Love the suggestions! While I like the idea of calling it strictly what it literally looks like, I'd prefer something a little more mystical, such as the planets tend to be named after mythology. I liked Cocoon Nebula, but to change it up [quote]Silk Worm Nebula[/quote] has a different ring to it, to me.

Someone early on had mentioned an Indian or Arabic (?) God named Roc, & I remembered a great fantasy series I had read by Australian author, Sara Douglass, had as characters these demons called TimeKeepers named as listed:
The Timekeeper Demons

[b]Mot[/b] ruled dawn, a time of hunger,
[b]Barzula[/b] ruled mid-morning, a time of tempest,
[b]Sheol[/b] ruled mid-afternoon, a time of despair,
[b]Raspu[/b] ruled dusk, a time of pestilence,
[b]Rox[/b] ruled night, a time of terror,
[b]Qeteb[/b], was their leader. He ruled Mid-day, a time of destruction, and was considered to be the greatest demon.

It was the Rox/Roc name that inspired me to add these demon names as suggestions, although I still prefer Silk Worm Nebula.

Thanks for the interesting reads!

It definitely looks like a Space Pillow. I fully agree with the others.
Pillow should be in the name....
So, how about Oreiller, since Édouard Jean-Marie Stephan is french, and Oreiller means pillow (like a pillow on a bed, not a couch) in french.

Oreiller Nebula

That not only sounds scientific, and is completely appropriate :D

I think it should be the Casper Nebula for the friendly ghost.