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Sh2-91 - The Laughing Nebula, Gary Seven
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Sh2-91 - The Laughing Nebula

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Sh2-91 - The Laughing Nebula

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Sometimes I look at a named nebula and just don't see it. This one (AFAIK) has no common name. But a laughing face absolutely jumped out at me - a large head facing right. Eyes, nose, mouth, chin - all there. Maybe the cognac-swilling ghost from the original Ghost Busters movie?

What do you say guys? The Laughing Nebula? Do we make this one stick? 

More seriously, I have a number of priority targets in Cygnus for the little RedCat and am racing to get a few done as they plunge into the northwest. I questioned myself as the individual subs rolled in (there isn't much there!) but when I saw the integrations, I was quite happy.

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