The Wizard Nebula

[jsg]

The Wizard Nebula 

[Photo added to post from accompanying link.]

[Tronhard]

Great image, Jerry.  I wonder why they call it the Wizard Nebula?

[jsg]

Thanks Trevor!

Not sure why it's called the Wizard Nebula.  Sometimes these deep space objects were named long before we had the photographic tools to get high resolution and high-quality images of them.  Perhaps that's why.

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https://www.astrobin.com/users/jsg/

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https://www.youtube.com/@astromusicvideo

Best,

Jerry

[Tronhard]

Thanks for the info and the links, I shall explore!