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LTC Stephen F.
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Belated thank you my friend Maj William W. 'Bill' Price for posting the NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) for Thursday, October 29, 2020 "The Ghoul of IC 2118."

This a beautiful view of a section of the heavens displaying space clouds [reflective] from the reflection nebula IC 2118. Perhaps there is an evil queen trying to see her reflection there :-)

Image: The Ghoul of IC 2118 - Image Credit & Copyright -Casey Good_Steve Timmons

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"Explanation: Inspired by the Halloween season, this telescopic portrait captures a cosmic cloud with a scary visage. The interstellar scene lies within the dusty expanse of reflection nebula IC 2118 in the constellation Orion, the Hunter. IC 2118 is about 800 light-years from your neighborhood, close to bright bluish star Rigel at Orion's foot. Often identified as the Witch Head nebula for its appearance in a wider field of view it now rises before the witching hour. With spiky stars for eyes, the ghoulish apparition identified here seems to extend an arm many light-years long toward Orion's hot supergiant star. The source of illumination for IC 2118, Rigel is just beyond this frame at the upper left."


Gru - Nebula
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_7o2ju6j0g



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LTC Stephen F.
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Since this a pre-Halloween focus :-)

Pentagram perform "The Ghoul" off of their 1985 album "Relentless" at the Roadburn Festival of 2011. Recorded live @ Main Stage, 013 in Tilburg, Holland on April 14th, 2011.
https://youtu.be/B5E_cCGMznQ
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SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth
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LTC Stephen F. Thank you for the great share sir.
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SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth
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Thank you for the share and mention LTC Stephen F.
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Alan K.
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Beautiful and only 800 light years down the road....!
Good morning Maj William W. 'Bill' Price, have a good one.
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SPC Michael Duricko, Ph.D
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That's a good stop for Halloween (the Ghoul)!
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