I have a thing for picturesque, unique space landscape and pattern and there are two nebulae that has always been my favorite. Ever since I was in elementary school (that was when I learned about space), I found out that there are MANY beautiful and spectacular shapes of nebulae. Since then, I was hooked. Two of my favorites are Pillars of Creation and The Unicorn.
Pillars of Creation, situated in Eagle Nebula, was a photograph taken by the Hubble Space Telescope in 1995. It shows three massive columns of cold gas surrounded with hot ultraviolet light emitted from the young stars around them. Some says that they look like elephant trunks of gases and dust with some newborn hot stars. Why are they called Pillars of Creation? They are named so because the gases and dust in it are actually in the process of creating new stars. Therefore, they are as if the pillars which are birthing to newborn stars. The end of each gigantic pillar shadows the cold gas below them, thus creating long structure that looked like columns. The photo taken by the telescope was awarded one of the top ten photographs by Hubble. The Pillars of Creation, to me, look so majestic and magical. I think it is so amazing and the space sure knows how to flaunt its beauty!
The Unicorn is also one of the spectacular arts the space has to offer us. It is actually a part of Trifid Nebula which looked like the horn of a unicorn. Trifid Nebula is quite easy to find using a small telescope and it is also located in Sagittarius. The nebula also acts as a nursery of embryonic stars and new born stars. The horn is actually a ‘finger’ protruding from the dense cloud of gases pointing directly towards the star in the middle of Trifid. Trifid, which means ‘divided into three’ is a quite direct representation of three parts it hosts. A dark nebula, the emission nebula, and also the reflection nebula and they can be seen as a bright object through the small telescope. The bright and distinctive features make Trifid Nebula a favorite subject to amateur astronomers.
There are so many amazing arts out there in space that would absolutely blow our mind, and definitely more coming. Now that I have told you my favorites, what are some of yours?
ASTRONOMY AND ME 
I’ve always been a fan of the Hourglass Nebula: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/34/MyCn18-crop.png
It’s neat to think that just because of how enormous the universe is, we will forever have a source of new and exciting works of art, just sitting there waiting for us to see them!
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Hourglass Nebula is definitely one of the unique nebulae ever! Just how artsy that look! Yeah, I think so too. There are soooo many display of arts that our gigantic space have, awaiting for us to awe upon! Some might be hidden, but it is the adventure to discover them that counts!
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NEVER KNEW THERE EXIST SUCH UNICORN NEBULAE! So cool! My favorite is the rotten egg nebula (https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/530939_382308631855552_2114585667_n.jpg) but the Unicorn Nebula is really nice too. I really like this post because I like arts and how the nature is just so full of them!
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Wow that really does look like a rotten egg xD I know right! The finger protruding from the dense cloud of Trifid Nebula really resembles the horn of a unicorn! The space really have a lot to offer, be it hidden or not, it is up to us to set an adventure to discover them!
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Those images are beautiful! I’m a Studio Art major so I have a special appreciation for their aesthetic beauty. Did you get a chance to see a nebula while observing at the telescopes on top of the parking garage? It’s amazing to be able to see stars and planets in the process of forming and that images like these help scientists understand the condition of our galaxy billions of years ago when it was forming.
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