Elephant Trunk Nebula (Woman Contemplates Universe Nebula)

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Rename Elephants Trunk Nebula to Woman Contemplates Universe Nebula
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Steve Greaves avatar
I have imaged this a couple of times.

I absolutely see the Elephants Trunk, and obviously work to emphasise it.

But  every time I show my images to my family and friends they tell me that it does not look like an Elephants Trunk at all.

They say it looks like a woman gazing out into space, seen from behind the woman. I  tell them that the whole astro-community sees an Elephants trunk, but they insist it is a woman.

They told me the community should rename this to Woman Contemplates Universe Nebula.

Does any one else have this type of issue??

CS
Steve
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Oscar avatar
ever since one random guy called it a woman (before you), I can never unsee the shape of a woman

before that, I never saw any Elephant trunk anyway  : p

Woman Contemplates Universe is a little too long in my opinion

CS,
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andrea tasselli avatar
It's a dragon's snout. No idea how anyone can see a woman but there you are…
Oscar avatar
andrea tasselli:
It's a dragon's snout. No idea how anyone can see a woman but there you are...

I tried to draw the outline for you:


something like that

image credit: Lyaphine
Jonny Bravo avatar
Woman? No. This:

If it's going to be renamed, then it should be Armus
Tony Gondola avatar
I always see it as the eye of a huge needle but then I always see the fossil footprint neb. as the burning man...
https://astrob.in/k3co9q/0/
David Fercho avatar
My daughter and my wife both saw it as a woman the first time I showed them my image. I can’t unsee that either. Although my version would be more like ‘Woman Walking Into the Inferno’
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Álvaro Méndez avatar
I don’t see the woman either, at least so clearly, but my family and one friend of mine have said that too when they have seen my photo of it. Something like “a woman with her curves and all”.
Dustin Gazz avatar
  • Veiled Angel Sitting to Admire the Heavens


https://www.astrobin.com/8fh0um/

NighttimeskyGuy avatar
Would not touch that one with a ten foot pole. Change the subject to how nice she looks today !!
Paul Lloyd avatar
My apologies in advance if you find this facetious, but my wife considers that most of the common names for nebulae were devised by people who were well in the cups! (That's the polite version!) I have to admit that I think she isn't too far wrong, sometimes.

To me, it looks more like an elephant's trunk than a woman.

CS
Paul.
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