A Flaming Star, a Couple of Tadpoles, a Spider, a Fly, a Starfish, and a Gripping Hand Walk Into a Bar (Timothy Martin)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Auriga (Aur) · Contains: 14 Aur · 16 Aur · 17 AR Aur · 18 Aur · 19 Aur · 24 Aur · 24 phi Aur · AE Aur · Flaming Star Nebula · IC 405 · IC 410 · IC 417 · LBN 787 · LBN 791 · LBN 794 · LBN 795 · LBN 796 · LBN 804 · LBN 807 · LBN 810 · LDN 1510 · LDN 1516 · LDN 1526 · LDN 1530 · M 38 · NGC 1893 · NGC 1907 · NGC 1912 · NGC 1931 · Sh2-229 · And 11 more.

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A Flaming Star, a Couple of Tadpoles, a Spider, a Fly, a Starfish, and a Gripping Hand Walk Into a Bar

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A Flaming Star, a Couple of Tadpoles, a Spider, a Fly, a Starfish, and a Gripping Hand Walk Into a Bar

Link: https://www.aapod2.com/blog/Flaming-star-nebula

The bartender asks, "Why the weird face?"

I loved this framing when I saw it. It looks like the visage of the bass player for Babymetal or an alien from an early Trek episode. But aside from that, there are so many interesting objects in this field. I gave the claw-looking thing in the lower portion near the Spider the name "The Gripping Hand" after the name of Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle's followup to the excellent novel The Mote in God's Eye. It really resembles the large asymmetrical appendage the Moties possess.

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