Sorry Paul but can include the letter R when written as an adjective
neb·u·la
alt="nebular pronunciation" las. 1. Astronomy . a. Also called diffuse nebula. a cloud of interstellar gas and dust. Compare dark nebula, emission nebula, reflection nebula.
b. (formerly) any celestial object that appears nebulous, hazy, or fuzzy, and extended in a telescope view.
2. Pathology . a. a faint opacity in the cornea.
b. cloudiness in the urine.
3. any liquid medication prepared for use as a spray.
Origin:
1655–65; < L: a mist, vapor, cloud; akin to Gk nephélē cloud, G Nebel fog, haze
—Related forms neb·u·lar, adjective
non·neb·u·lar, adjective
pre·neb·u·lar, adjective
Paul, it's irrelevant we are viewing the persons image not c & c'ing his grammar, although the word nebular can be used should I correct both of you and say he should use the term nebulae as there are more than one nebula
IMHO some people of late have been to pedantic about grammar and offer very little in the way of constructive criticism. Remember also that these threads are often written on the spur of the moment, withouta thought of spelling or grammar.
By the way a very nice image, the dust lanes and nebulae are showing up well.
For all.
There are no Messier objects in Corona Australis, however the constellation does have a globular cluster suitable for binoculars, as well as an interesting region of nebulosity that goes under a multiple name.
NGC 6541 is a globular cluster, quite large and bright, about 15,000 light years away. It's nearly midway between theta CrA and theta Sco, a bit closer to the latter (more precisely thirty arc minutes east of theta Sco). NGC 6729 is part of a nebulous region that contains both variable stars R CrA and TY CrA.
The region is a mixture of bright and dark nebulae; the brightest region is NGC 6726/6727, which form a figure eight. Just to the SE is NGC 6729, which is much fainter, but of more interest as it contains R CrA, an irregular variable that goes from 9.7 to about 12. As the star brightens, so does the surrounding nebula. The other variable, TY CrA, is found in NGC 6726, and varies from about 8.8 to 12.6.
The easiest way of finding the nebulosity is to drop seven and a half degrees south of zeta Sagittarii.
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Billy Madison 1995
Yeh Geoff that nebyooler image is quite nice, good to see the left extension of dust too, maybe you coudld image the right side half and mozaic them together?
Funny you might mention the spelling Paul, because as soon as I had posted the image I realized the mistake and tried to edit it. However, it seems I could only edit the body of the post not the title.
Is there a way around that? edit: (Found it in the Go Advanced section)
Paul, it's irrelevant we are viewing the persons image not c & c'ing his grammar, although the word nebular can be used should I correct both of you and say he should use the term nebulae as there are more than one nebula
Grammar is irrelevant to the quality of Geoff's image, but we pedants love to pick on people's misuse of it as something to amuse us a cold wet night.
Trevor, you need to review singular and plural nouns.
he should use the term nebulae as there is more than one nebula
Andrew did you run that through Microsoft word and get "is" using the grammar checking
It is the phrase "more that one" that makes it singular. And no I don't use any Microsloth product if I can avoid it. Try "The little Green Grammar Book". If you hunt through the archives I have quoted the ISBN at some time.
Nice and crisp, but needs to be offset to capture the glob that is out of frame to the right. IMO including the glob really makes the picture..
Geoff
Did a quick re-edit to capitalise "nice" to avoid the grammar nazis.
Come on Kids behave. Nice image of the cloudy and dusty thing.
You may wish to adjust your framing a little to capture more of the main dust lane as you will find it looks more complete with the right hand side extended a bit.