Comments on: Frankenstein nebula http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/03/04/frankenstein-nebula/ I am an astronomer, writer, and skeptic. I likes reality the way it is, and I aims to keep it that way. My real name is Phil Plait, and I run the Bad Astronomy blog. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 13:10:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Baz00000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/03/04/frankenstein-nebula/comment-page-1/#comment-462775 Baz00000 Mon, 02 Jan 2012 17:17:43 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/03/04/frankenstein-nebula/#comment-462775 Try Robbie from Forbidden Planet! Try Robbie from Forbidden Planet!

]]> By: astropixie http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/03/04/frankenstein-nebula/comment-page-1/#comment-74351 astropixie Sat, 15 Mar 2008 22:17:43 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/03/04/frankenstein-nebula/#comment-74351 i think the left FLIER looks like a left footprint! <a HREF="http://amandabauer.blogspot.com/2008/03/planetary-nebula-ngc-2371.html" rel="nofollow">http://amandabauer.blogspot.com/2008/03/planetary-nebula-ngc-2371.html</a> i think the left FLIER looks like a left footprint!

http://amandabauer.blogspot.com/2008/03/planetary-nebula-ngc-2371.html

]]> By: alfaniner http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/03/04/frankenstein-nebula/comment-page-1/#comment-74350 alfaniner Wed, 05 Mar 2008 17:50:08 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/03/04/frankenstein-nebula/#comment-74350 You might be thinking about a robot from one of those old Republic serials -- that was my first impression. Something out of Commando Cody, maybe? You might be thinking about a robot from one of those old Republic serials — that was my first impression. Something out of Commando Cody, maybe?

]]> By: Shaun http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/03/04/frankenstein-nebula/comment-page-1/#comment-74349 Shaun Wed, 05 Mar 2008 17:16:46 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/03/04/frankenstein-nebula/#comment-74349 OK, Badastro, We've given you plenty of suggestions and a day to think about it. Who was the robot? OK, Badastro,

We’ve given you plenty of suggestions and a day to think about it.

Who was the robot?

]]> By: John http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/03/04/frankenstein-nebula/comment-page-1/#comment-74348 John Wed, 05 Mar 2008 12:57:29 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/03/04/frankenstein-nebula/#comment-74348 I like the Frankenstein name. Da-da-dada-da-da-da-daaaaaaa Da-da-da-dada I like the Frankenstein name.

Da-da-dada-da-da-da-daaaaaaa Da-da-da-dada

]]> By: Grand Lunar http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/03/04/frankenstein-nebula/comment-page-1/#comment-74347 Grand Lunar Wed, 05 Mar 2008 12:21:58 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/03/04/frankenstein-nebula/#comment-74347 It looks more like a heart to me. But I think the name "Heart Nebula" has been taken. In any case, wouldn't this give new meaning to "Hearts in Space"? It looks more like a heart to me.

But I think the name “Heart Nebula” has been taken.

In any case, wouldn’t this give new meaning to “Hearts in Space”?

]]> By: Peter http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/03/04/frankenstein-nebula/comment-page-1/#comment-74346 Peter Wed, 05 Mar 2008 12:03:32 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/03/04/frankenstein-nebula/#comment-74346 That's clearly the Virgin Mary holding the baby Jesus. That’s clearly the Virgin Mary holding the baby Jesus.

]]> By: themadlolscientist http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/03/04/frankenstein-nebula/comment-page-1/#comment-74343 themadlolscientist Wed, 05 Mar 2008 05:53:07 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/03/04/frankenstein-nebula/#comment-74343 @ Zucchi: BA says you wouldn't see much. (Bummer.) Check out <a href="http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/a,3N5JchhxpiZv5cWCyFa7F2pLttiKm7" rel="nofollow">this segment</a> from one of his live chats. @ Zucchi: BA says you wouldn’t see much. (Bummer.) Check out this segment from one of his live chats.

]]> By: Freiddie http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/03/04/frankenstein-nebula/comment-page-1/#comment-74345 Freiddie Wed, 05 Mar 2008 04:09:35 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/03/04/frankenstein-nebula/#comment-74345 Is it just my connection, or that you're website was partially down for a while? Nice photo, though. Is it just my connection, or that you’re website was partially down for a while? Nice photo, though.

]]> By: Lugosi http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/03/04/frankenstein-nebula/comment-page-1/#comment-74344 Lugosi Wed, 05 Mar 2008 03:28:07 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/03/04/frankenstein-nebula/#comment-74344 "When a star like the Sun dies, it goes through a series of episodes where it blows off dense winds, vast volumes which expand out..." Kinda sounds like me after a Taco Bell bean burrito. “When a star like the Sun dies, it goes through a series of episodes where it blows off dense winds, vast volumes which expand out…”
Kinda sounds like me after a Taco Bell bean burrito.

]]> By: Zucchi http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/03/04/frankenstein-nebula/comment-page-1/#comment-74342 Zucchi Tue, 04 Mar 2008 19:35:32 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/03/04/frankenstein-nebula/#comment-74342 Beautiful nebula. I've always wondered -- if you were in a spaceship inside such a nebula, what would you see out the window? Would you even be able to tell you were in a nebula with the naked eye? (On shows like "Star Trek", it's like being in a multi-colored cloudbank, which seems a bit unlikely.) Beautiful nebula. I’ve always wondered — if you were in a spaceship inside such a nebula, what would you see out the window? Would you even be able to tell you were in a nebula with the naked eye? (On shows like “Star Trek”, it’s like being in a multi-colored cloudbank, which seems a bit unlikely.)

]]> By: Michael Evans http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/03/04/frankenstein-nebula/comment-page-1/#comment-74330 Michael Evans Tue, 04 Mar 2008 18:59:46 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/03/04/frankenstein-nebula/#comment-74330 It's not Fritz Lang's Robotrix -- no antennae there. I'm afraid you might be remembering Ray Walston's "Martian," on "that show" which brought Sci Fi Television down to the sub-parody level, along with "It's About Time," or "My Living Doll." (shudder) It’s not Fritz Lang’s Robotrix — no antennae there.
I’m afraid you might be remembering Ray Walston’s “Martian,” on “that show” which brought Sci Fi Television down to the sub-parody level, along with “It’s About Time,” or “My Living Doll.” (shudder)

]]> By: Cory http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/03/04/frankenstein-nebula/comment-page-1/#comment-74338 Cory Tue, 04 Mar 2008 18:45:37 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/03/04/frankenstein-nebula/#comment-74338 Is the Hoagland's face? Is the Hoagland’s face?

]]> By: Mikel http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/03/04/frankenstein-nebula/comment-page-1/#comment-74341 Mikel Tue, 04 Mar 2008 18:38:55 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/03/04/frankenstein-nebula/#comment-74341 Could it be the robot from the silent movie, "Metropolis", that turned into the girl? Could it be the robot from the silent movie, “Metropolis”, that turned into the girl?

]]> By: Hoonser http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/03/04/frankenstein-nebula/comment-page-1/#comment-74340 Hoonser Tue, 04 Mar 2008 18:23:23 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/03/04/frankenstein-nebula/#comment-74340 That's a bit of a stretch. Looks more like an evil rabbit looking downward. Cept it doesn't have any ears. That’s a bit of a stretch. Looks more like an evil rabbit looking downward. Cept it doesn’t have any ears.

]]> By: B Green http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/03/04/frankenstein-nebula/comment-page-1/#comment-74339 B Green Tue, 04 Mar 2008 17:01:33 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/03/04/frankenstein-nebula/#comment-74339 Felix: You shouldn't feed the trolls, they'll just keep coming back. Felix:
You shouldn’t feed the trolls, they’ll just keep coming back.

]]> By: Félix http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/03/04/frankenstein-nebula/comment-page-1/#comment-74337 Félix Tue, 04 Mar 2008 16:38:26 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/03/04/frankenstein-nebula/#comment-74337 To Astronomer : If you don't rectify these "errors" you have absolutely no credibility. lol, get a life! To Astronomer : If you don’t rectify these “errors” you have absolutely no credibility. lol, get a life!

]]> By: tenacious http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/03/04/frankenstein-nebula/comment-page-1/#comment-74336 tenacious Tue, 04 Mar 2008 16:26:49 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/03/04/frankenstein-nebula/#comment-74336 Austin beat me. Link and all. It definitely reminds me of The Great Gazoo. :o) Austin beat me. Link and all. It definitely reminds me of The Great Gazoo. :o )

]]> By: Félix http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/03/04/frankenstein-nebula/comment-page-1/#comment-74335 Félix Tue, 04 Mar 2008 16:14:17 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/03/04/frankenstein-nebula/#comment-74335 Ok, I know this Hypothesis must have been considered, but could those FLIERs form themselves at the top and bottom of the star's magnetic field? Ionized by the UV rays, the gazes would be charged, and tend to follow the magnetic output of the star, and thus avoid the polar regions. Less gazes there would mean that they could still be ionized and send us their light, but being less dense, the amount of light received from there would be less, compared to the other regions of the planetary nebulae. Is that plausible? Ok, I know this Hypothesis must have been considered, but could those FLIERs form themselves at the top and bottom of the star’s magnetic field?

Ionized by the UV rays, the gazes would be charged, and tend to follow the magnetic output of the star, and thus avoid the polar regions. Less gazes there would mean that they could still be ionized and send us their light, but being less dense, the amount of light received from there would be less, compared to the other regions of the planetary nebulae. Is that plausible?

]]> By: Austin http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/03/04/frankenstein-nebula/comment-page-1/#comment-74328 Austin Tue, 04 Mar 2008 16:06:21 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/03/04/frankenstein-nebula/#comment-74328 I was going to go with the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Gazoo" rel="nofollow">Great Gazoo</a> from the Flintstones. I was going to go with the Great Gazoo from the Flintstones.

]]> By: themadlolscientist http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/03/04/frankenstein-nebula/comment-page-1/#comment-74329 themadlolscientist Tue, 04 Mar 2008 16:02:54 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/03/04/frankenstein-nebula/#comment-74329 Hey, guys! We just found a Sasquatch footprint! Or: [to next nebula over] "Hey babe. Wanna get together and make some baby stars?" Hey, guys! We just found a Sasquatch footprint!

Or:

[to next nebula over] “Hey babe. Wanna get together and make some baby stars?”

]]> By: John V http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/03/04/frankenstein-nebula/comment-page-1/#comment-74334 John V Tue, 04 Mar 2008 15:48:14 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/03/04/frankenstein-nebula/#comment-74334 I'm also going to say it's Rosie. I’m also going to say it’s Rosie.

]]> By: Cosmo Spacely http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/03/04/frankenstein-nebula/comment-page-1/#comment-74333 Cosmo Spacely Tue, 04 Mar 2008 15:46:42 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/03/04/frankenstein-nebula/#comment-74333 It's Rosie, the Jetsons' robotic maid. It’s Rosie, the Jetsons’ robotic maid.

]]> By: Shaun http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/03/04/frankenstein-nebula/comment-page-1/#comment-74332 Shaun Tue, 04 Mar 2008 15:42:15 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/03/04/frankenstein-nebula/#comment-74332 Vincent, from "The Black hole"? Vincent, from “The Black hole”?

]]> By: L Ron Hubbub http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/03/04/frankenstein-nebula/comment-page-1/#comment-74331 L Ron Hubbub Tue, 04 Mar 2008 15:35:40 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/03/04/frankenstein-nebula/#comment-74331 Robbie ? http://www.galacticvoyager.com/mod/robbie/rrobot.jpg Robbie ?

http://www.galacticvoyager.com/mod/robbie/rrobot.jpg

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