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Originally Posted by Geoff45
Nice capture Steve. Why go for the low hanging fruit when there are challenges like this one. I actually see a long horned bull rather than a hammer.
Geoff
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Thanks Geoff. Not much of a challenge really but my attitude to the low hanging fruit is "been there, done that". The shape is certainly subject to interpretation but my first impression was a claw hammer.
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Originally Posted by Placidus
Lovely. As Strong Mike says, looks like its forming a shock front due to movement relative to the background gas. Can't see any obvious candidate for the white dwarf. Perhaps that fits with the movement hypothesis.
Certainly looks like a hammer, but with the depth you've achieved, it could also be called the Thumbtack nebula, or even the Dangerous Mushroom nebula.
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Thanks Mike. There are certainly plenty of interpretations as to the shape. I don't really have any information on it other than what Sakib Rasool gave me which wasn't much else other than the position.