What is the most spook-tacular nebula in the galaxy? One contender is LDN 43, which bears an astonishing resemblance to a vast cosmic bat flying amongst the stars on a dark Halloween night. Credit & Copyright: Mark Hanson and Mike Selby - ThreadSky

astronomy.bsky.social • 10 hours ago

What is the most spook-tacular nebula in the galaxy?

One contender is LDN 43, which bears an astonishing resemblance to a vast cosmic bat flying amongst the stars on a dark Halloween night.

Credit & Copyright: Mark Hanson and Mike Selby

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the-happy-hermit.bsky.social•5 hours ago

Reminds me a bit of the shadows from Babylon5

lunascatmom.bsky.social•7 hours ago

WOW!! Very cool!

zelenooq.bsky.social•4 hours ago

https://youtu.be/kK4H-LkrQjQ?feature=shared

moldyteeth.bsky.social•6 hours ago

Something is screwing with us out there.

nadjacravensworth.bsky.social•10 hours ago

Oh that's just Nandor. He kept telling us he could fly to space so we let him.

brownskinned.bsky.social•9 hours ago

This is a balrog

100percenbigblue.bsky.social•8 hours ago

Balrog for sure

amethystbeeble.bsky.social•10 hours ago

I can see squirrel tufts, too.

laurnchaoticreader.bsky.social•6 hours ago

Oooh I like this 🦇

shatterbolt.bsky.social•4 hours ago

Bro you can’t fool me, that’s the Cicatrix Maledictum.

whatchaknooow.bsky.social•7 hours ago

🦇🦇🦇🦇

elleiam101.bsky.social•10 hours ago

It's batman!

thekeegzter.bsky.social•9 hours ago

i see that too! with his right arm outstretched and the cape flying

pandora2dogranch.bsky.social•9 hours ago

Looks like a bat from hell

pandora2dogranch.bsky.social•9 hours ago

Deliciously creepy

sirenmoth.bsky.social•5 hours ago

Reminds me of a dragon. 😍

bonehvnt.bsky.social•5 hours ago

WOW 😍

oldmanhippy.com•9 hours ago

Looks like a Klingon bird of prey.

100percenbigblue.bsky.social•8 hours ago

It does kinda …good little raider it is

shoveller.bsky.social•10 hours ago

are you sure this isn't a Klingon Bird of Prey in the act of de-cloaking.🤖

mikberg.bsky.social•4 hours ago

This image of the Horsehead Nebula is pretty metal.

Credit: JPL/NASA, NOAO, ESA and The Hubble Heritage Team, (STScI/AURA)

reauland.bsky.social•6 hours ago

You called, Galactic Commissioner?

amph0ra.bsky.social•9 hours ago

Does it have a ruler? A count perhaps?

jdinjc.bsky.social•8 hours ago

This is great!

hereinohio.bsky.social•4 hours ago

So cool !!!

with-open-eyes.bsky.social•30 minutes ago

Have you heard about the Alt Text feature here on Bsky? You add a descriptive text to each image. This is used by people with disabilities who have a screen reader. In your settings for your profile, you can pre-set that you are notified of any missing text. Nice pic but: No alt-txt - no like

rugone.bsky.social•6 hours ago

It's Batman

jenpaints.bsky.social•7 hours ago

Pretty sure it's a cloaked Klingon bird of prey....
#startrek

johnnyrode.bsky.social•7 hours ago

In my fantasy world, it is an Ancient One. Traversing the multiverse as great whales of the cosmos, in search of worlds to devour.

Is it heading our way?

#6'Elon

justinelindsay.bsky.social•9 hours ago

I vote to rename LDN43 to "the Bat Nebula"

100percenbigblue.bsky.social•8 hours ago

It’s blocking the nebula behind it…the bat nebula is so self centred

rickonair747.bsky.social•10 hours ago

Excellent photo!

mjfouldes.bsky.social•9 hours ago

Wow yes! I can see Batman, cloak outstretched, diving towards us!

balmies.bsky.social•10 hours ago

Spooky space bat

jeordhi.bsky.social•5 hours ago

Nah, yo, that’s the eye of some angry, cosmic horror.

dy3d.bsky.social•4 hours ago

Or the eye of some scientist peering through a microscope into our universe.

jeordhi.bsky.social•4 hours ago

Which might be horrible lol

dy3d.bsky.social•4 hours ago

Or maybe we should get our giant megaphone out and collectively shout out "we're here, we're here, we're here!"

kfitzpa1.bsky.social•8 hours ago

Beautiful!

noeldarlow.bsky.social•9 hours ago

This is how the world ends.

Part 1: "See that thing which looks just like a giant cosmic bat hurtling towards us aha ha ha!"

Part 2: "Remember that thing which looked just like a giant cosmic bat? Well...

dameelly.bsky.social•2 hours ago

The Bat Signal has been beamed into the universe and still no one is showing up to get the Joker and Hugo Strange out of the White House.

tessaps.bsky.social•5 hours ago

Oh, it's Naoki Urasawa's Billy Bat

mlbosin.bsky.social•52 minutes ago

Ghost nebula

nom-temelka.bsky.social•6 hours ago

/me shows up to bluesky for the first time, sees an astronomy page with clout, astronomy page uses the word 'spook-tacular.'

*incredible sigh of relief and satisfaction*

jupiterdi.bsky.social•5 hours ago

@rubrics4life.bsky.social

rubrics4life.bsky.social•5 hours ago

Like a beacon calling us. 🦇

jupiterdi.bsky.social•4 hours ago

Yes!!

noninjaskillz.bsky.social•7 hours ago

It looks like a Gundam flying straight at us!! 🤣

pinkicaruthers.bsky.social•6 hours ago

Yes! I love it.

iotechris.bsky.social•10 hours ago

It is the Dark Knight!

sriku.org•7 hours ago

Should be called the "night fury" right?

labolt.bsky.social•8 hours ago

Not as scary as this pic, but this question mark in the vast sea of galaxies really gave a "game development oversight" feel to it.

dy3d.bsky.social•4 hours ago

Does that make us all NPCs?

labolt.bsky.social•2 hours ago

We're really badly programmed, because whenever someone else approaches me, I start walking away as my head remains anchored to them 😂

starmapperjac.bsky.social•8 hours ago

A universal call for Batman to save humanity!

bettyjane20.bsky.social•7 hours ago

Ooh cool!!! 👋👏👏

daisycloud.bsky.social•5 hours ago

This is awesome! Karma Dragon?? The only comfort is that when we all pay our debts it'll be as nothing to that of the Ancient Evils striding around wielding their psychopathy on Life itself.

cocodriscoll.bsky.social•3 hours ago

This is incredible! 🤩

astronomy.bsky.social•10 hours ago

Source/ Read more: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap241027.html

itslunarliv2.bsky.social•7 hours ago

Nice 🙂

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