IC 2948: The Running Chicken Nebula

Doug_Tipple · Post by **Doug_Tipple** » Thu Apr 17, 2008 10:37 pm

Beautiful photo, but where is the chicken? I don't see one.

Key_of_D · Post by **Key_of_D** » Fri Apr 18, 2008 1:36 am

It's one of those photos that you have to put real close to your face, then slowly pull away while staring at one point...

Then the chicken will come. Or wait... Will it be the egg?? Hm... The chicken... or the egg... That's the question.

crookedtune · Post by **crookedtune** » Fri Apr 18, 2008 6:20 am

Why did the chicken cross the universe?

WyoBadger · Post by **WyoBadger** » Fri Apr 18, 2008 6:34 am

Because he was stapled to the Starship Enterprise.

avanutria · Post by **avanutria** » Fri Apr 18, 2008 6:37 am

I can see it, but it's a stretch. It's facing to the right. The bright double star near the centre is close to the joint of the wing, which sweeps up and to the left from there.

I can't see any feet, but I know in the Zelda games running chickens have their wings up like that.

Caroluna · Post by **Caroluna** » Fri Apr 18, 2008 7:21 am

Here's another picture of the same nebula.
I wonder if the blob on the right is supposed to be the chicken's head???

http://eaas.proboards31.com/index.cgi?b ... hread=2234

http://www.mypetchicken.com/Leghorn_pu-X8.aspx

Caroluna · Post by **Caroluna** » Fri Apr 18, 2008 7:23 am

WyoBadger wrote:Because he was stapled to the Starship Enterprise.

Why did the electron cross the road?

Because someone rubbed a balloon on the chicken.

(my son's favorite joke)

fearfaoin · Post by **fearfaoin** » Fri Apr 18, 2008 7:39 am

crookedtune wrote:Why did the chicken cross the universe?

To get to the Aether side.

Caroluna · Post by **Caroluna** » Fri Apr 18, 2008 8:29 am

I like lining the chicken up this way-- looks like its head is stretched out

Then there's the as yet undiscovered Rubber Chicken Nebula.

kennychaffin · Post by **kennychaffin** » Fri Apr 18, 2008 8:29 am

fearfaoin wrote:
crookedtune wrote:Why did the chicken cross the universe?
To get to the Aether side.

Dude! That is BAD!

KAC

avanutria · Post by **avanutria** » Fri Apr 18, 2008 9:25 am

Heeheehee

crookedtune · Post by **crookedtune** » Fri Apr 18, 2008 11:09 am

fearfaoin wrote:
crookedtune wrote:Why did the chicken cross the universe?
To get to the Aether side.

You were just waiting to use that one!!! (I don't imagine the opportunity comes along too often).

fearfaoin · Post by **fearfaoin** » Fri Apr 18, 2008 11:11 am

crookedtune wrote:(I don't imagine the opportunity comes along too often).

It does not. Thanks for the alley-oop, there.

WyoBadger · Post by **WyoBadger** » Fri Apr 18, 2008 8:54 pm

Caroluna wrote: Then there's the as yet undiscovered Rubber Chicken Nebula.

HA!!!

You know, there is something inherently funny about chickens. I don't know why. There just is. It is a fundamental truth of the Universe.*

Tom

*at risk of landing this perfectly innocent thread in that other forum...