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There's A Cat In The Omega Nebula (You won't believe this)
Dark Roasted Blend ^ | January 2012 | Avi Abrams

Posted on 07/08/2012 1:15:21 PM PDT by Windflier

Find the bright star in the (upper) blue portion of the nebula. Look straight down and you can see the tip of the cat's left ear.

Look down and to the left, and you can see two perfectly symmetrical eyes, with a perfectly formed feline nose between them, exactly where you'd expect it to be.

It gets even weirder. Look above the cat's right eye and you can faintly see its right ear sticking up. If you can now clearly see the face of the cat, look to your right and you will see its entire body.



Even spookier....I can even see the spotted markings on the cat's face, and whiskers.


TOPICS: Arts/Photography; Astronomy
KEYWORDS: catnebula; ceilingcat; kittynebula; kittyping; megameow; nebula; photography; space; xplanets
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To: Windflier

I dont like cats...can I see a monkey?


51 posted on 07/08/2012 2:36:31 PM PDT by tophat9000 (American is Barack Oaken)
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To: Windflier

52 posted on 07/08/2012 2:37:07 PM PDT by SolidRedState (I used to think bizarro world was a fiction.)
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To: Windflier

I don’t see the cat. Is it in the part of the picture where the Spanish Inquisition is hiding?


53 posted on 07/08/2012 2:39:16 PM PDT by Hillarys Gate Cult (Liberals make unrealistic demands on reality and reality doesn't oblige them.)
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To: Windflier

Looks like a long hair calico...


54 posted on 07/08/2012 2:41:06 PM PDT by waterhill (I Shall Remain. FUBO.)
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To: Windflier

The weirdest part is that, this is a mother cat, and the kittens are hidden behind the mother, where we can’t see them, but, they’re there. We just need to get at a different angle to see them. Perhaps the next picture will reveal them, when they move around to the front of the mother.


55 posted on 07/08/2012 2:51:04 PM PDT by adorno
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To: Windflier

There are two versions of the cat’s face..straight on, then looking to it’s left. On the cat’s right is a version of a dog/wolf face....amazing. Popped right out.


56 posted on 07/08/2012 2:54:22 PM PDT by DefeatCorruption
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To: Windflier

I see the whiskers too! =^..^=


57 posted on 07/08/2012 3:23:08 PM PDT by left that other site
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To: Windflier

I say its a possum.


58 posted on 07/08/2012 4:14:02 PM PDT by Lockbar (I promise to move fire-wood twice a day.)
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To: Lady Lucky

Hahahaha!

The Walmart associate is the first thing I saw! Then the kitty.


59 posted on 07/08/2012 4:22:23 PM PDT by GGMac ((lesson learned re Obie: parse every sentence, every word, every gesture, every photo))
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To: Windflier

I, for one, welcome our new feline overlords. :-)


60 posted on 07/08/2012 4:36:15 PM PDT by poindexters brother
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To: Windflier

Needed the help of the outlined image posted to the thread to see the cat. Interesting. You can also see a small jackal-like Egyptian head to the right of the cats right ear. Use that ear as the smaller jackal head ear.


61 posted on 07/08/2012 5:02:47 PM PDT by justa-hairyape
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To: Windflier
Nyan Cat is real.


62 posted on 07/08/2012 5:08:30 PM PDT by wastedyears ("God? I didn't know he was signed onto the system.")
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To: Windflier

I see it. So the cats in my house are probably the fallen angels of this cat in the heavens. I knew it!


63 posted on 07/08/2012 5:28:35 PM PDT by SaraJohnson
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To: tflabo
At mid lower left look for a white-like side profile of a horse with a 1880’s style bonnet on its head

Still looking. Haven't spotted it yet.

64 posted on 07/08/2012 5:40:28 PM PDT by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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To: ladyrustic
I see many unusually-shaped noses... but no cat.

See post 34. It should jump right out.

65 posted on 07/08/2012 5:41:52 PM PDT by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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To: cripplecreek
Me, I see nebulas (Nebulae) in clouds.

Not surprising, given the meaning of the word 'nebula.'
66 posted on 07/08/2012 5:52:34 PM PDT by aruanan
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To: martin_fierro; Biggirl; Slings and Arrows; Glenn; republicangel; Beaker; BADROTOFINGER; etabeta; ...
It's Cat'thulhu.


67 posted on 07/08/2012 5:56:32 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows (You can't have IngSoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
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To: tophat9000
I dont like cats...can I see a monkey?

Plenty of 'em in DC. Take your pick.

68 posted on 07/08/2012 7:02:35 PM PDT by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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To: justa-hairyape
Needed the help of the outlined image posted to the thread to see the cat

The outlined image on the thread doesn't show the one that looks photographic. Take a look at post 34. I cropped most everything else out of the big picture to make it easier to spot the cat's face.

69 posted on 07/08/2012 7:05:41 PM PDT by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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To: Windflier

Cool.


70 posted on 07/08/2012 7:12:21 PM PDT by <1/1,000,000th%
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To: Windflier

71 posted on 07/08/2012 7:57:03 PM PDT by Bullish (Liars aren't always thieves, but thieves are always liars)
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To: Windflier


72 posted on 07/08/2012 8:08:26 PM PDT by garjog
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To: Windflier

73 posted on 07/08/2012 8:10:11 PM PDT by garjog
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To: Slings and Arrows
Schrödinger's Cat.

Is it there, or not?

74 posted on 07/08/2012 8:34:43 PM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: grey_whiskers

Yes.


75 posted on 07/08/2012 9:09:50 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows (You can't have IngSoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
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To: Windflier

I did find the cat, but the first thing I saw was Darth Vader.


76 posted on 07/08/2012 9:32:29 PM PDT by DejaJude
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To: rlmorel; Slings and Arrows

77 posted on 07/08/2012 10:16:13 PM PDT by Daffynition (Our forefathers would be shooting by now.)
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To: Daffynition

Hahahahahahahaha! Almost had Cocoa Krispies come out my nose!


78 posted on 07/09/2012 3:08:33 AM PDT by rlmorel ("The safest road to Hell is the gradual one." Screwtape (C.S. Lewis))
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To: Lockbar
Heh, I saw that Geico "Possum" commercial for the first time last week...now THAT was entertainment!

"The kids wanted a puppy, but puppies are so expensive. So I found them a possum..."

79 posted on 07/09/2012 3:13:58 AM PDT by rlmorel ("The safest road to Hell is the gradual one." Screwtape (C.S. Lewis))
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To: Hillarys Gate Cult
We now learn that the fate of several thousand years of mankind's accomplishments will eventually be wiped out after being eaten by the giant space cat.

LOL!
80 posted on 07/09/2012 3:38:07 AM PDT by andyk (Go Juan Pablo!)
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To: rlmorel
Yummmmmmmmmmmmm....Cocoa Krispies!!


81 posted on 07/09/2012 5:47:34 AM PDT by Daffynition (Our forefathers would be shooting by now.)
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To: martin_fierro
A pancreas?
82 posted on 07/09/2012 5:55:24 AM PDT by ShadowAce (Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
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To: Windflier

Nah, you got it all wrong, Windy! The cat you’re pointing us to is a kitten, and it is leaning against its mother, whose profile you can easily see to the left of the little cutie.

LOL! Kidding, kinda!

Yes, I can really see the “kitten,” the entire thing, as you said, body and all. But I really can see its mother too.

I love this sort of stuff. Thanks so much for pointing it out and giving great instructions for finding the images.


83 posted on 07/09/2012 7:19:08 AM PDT by TheOldLady
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To: Windflier

Holy moly, I do see a kitteh!! I’m not telling my 2 cats because they would tell me “told you so.,. we do RULE the universe, now give me some mushy food”!


84 posted on 07/09/2012 7:48:31 AM PDT by NoGrayZone (For evil to triumph it is only necessary for good men to do nothing.)
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To: JRandomFreeper
Human brains find patterns in random things. It's a well known phenomenon.

But yeah... I see the cat.

Just proves you're human. I see it too.
85 posted on 07/09/2012 7:54:58 AM PDT by samtheman (The Trillion Dollar ObamaCareTax definitely is a tax; just ask the US Supreme Court.)
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To: TheOldLady
I can really see the “kitten,” the entire thing, as you said, body and all. But I really can see its mother too.

That didn't pop out at me like the face of the big cat (which really looks like a full grown wild cat). I'll look again.

Did you see post 34 where I cropped the picture to just show the face?

86 posted on 07/09/2012 10:46:10 AM PDT by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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To: TheOldLady
I really can see its mother too.

I see it now! Those are different illusions than the one I'm talking about. Mine is right between those two.

87 posted on 07/09/2012 10:48:39 AM PDT by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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To: lysie

Looks like my big gray ):


88 posted on 07/09/2012 10:53:05 AM PDT by geege
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To: Windflier

Actually, I’m seeing three cats.

How did you DO that???

My original sighting of the kitten is on the right, and there is another cat in the center, a white kitten with an orange face. Then on the left is a large cat’s profile. The two kittens are in front of the “momma” cat.

This is really a fun picture, Windy! I guess my middle kitten is your original cat, huh? I love this!


89 posted on 07/09/2012 11:05:11 AM PDT by TheOldLady
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To: TheOldLady
I guess my middle kitten is your original cat, huh?

I think so. Check the cropped image in post 34. That's the one that looks photographic, and is perfectly symmetrical.

How did you DO that?

How did I crop the image? I just saved the original to my computer, then opened it with MS Paint. There's a cropping tool in there. I then saved that image and posted it.

Glad you're having fun with it :-)

90 posted on 07/09/2012 11:11:35 AM PDT by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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To: Windflier

[giggles and smiles]


91 posted on 07/09/2012 11:22:44 AM PDT by TheOldLady
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To: TheOldLady

Someone in Heaven is singing..
Who let the cat out? Who? Who? Who?


92 posted on 07/09/2012 3:28:44 PM PDT by Battle Axe (Repent, for the coming of the Lord is nigh.)
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To: Battle Axe

LOL! I see three cats there!
Who let the cats out?? Who? Who? Who?


93 posted on 07/09/2012 4:41:05 PM PDT by TheOldLady
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To: Windflier

I see a human face a nice nose.


94 posted on 07/09/2012 6:23:55 PM PDT by angcat (ROMNEY/RUBIO 2012)
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To: Windflier

I found what I thought was the cat, but my cat’s head is on top of the bigger cat head. My son found a profile of a cat too.


95 posted on 07/12/2012 10:48:07 PM PDT by beaversmom
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To: beaversmom
I found what I thought was the cat, but my cat’s head is on top of the bigger cat head. My son found a profile of a cat too.

Yeah, you can make out different cat's faces here and there in the image, but the one I'm talking about looks like someone superimposed an actual photo of a big cat's face on the picture of the nebula.

See post 34. I cropped the image to only show that one cat's face.

Glad you're enjoying it.

96 posted on 07/12/2012 11:12:17 PM PDT by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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A Blast from the Recent Past.
 
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97 posted on 07/16/2012 3:31:02 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: SunkenCiv; Windflier

Thank you for the revisit. It’s a fascinating picture.


98 posted on 07/16/2012 4:51:51 PM PDT by TheOldLady
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To: Daffynition

AAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAA!


99 posted on 07/16/2012 5:15:06 PM PDT by bigheadfred (MY PET TAPEWORM OBIWAN IS AN INSANE MILITARY HATING LEFTIST)
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To: TheOldLady; SunkenCiv; Windflier

Cats?

100 posted on 07/16/2012 5:39:10 PM PDT by bigheadfred (MY PET TAPEWORM OBIWAN IS AN INSANE MILITARY HATING LEFTIST)
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