Behold The Bat

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As we fly towards Halloween consider the awesome bat- the fruit bats, the vampire bats and the cosmic bats.

There is such a thing as a Cosmic Bat and if you didn’t know that before you saw this post,

  consider this little fact a treat as we celebrate  reaching the 97th Day To Halloween

“The Cosmic Bat”
Processing: Mark Hanson and Mike Selby, Mark Hanson Astrophotography

 “The Cosmic Bat”
Located in Ophiuchus and rarely imaged, LDN 43 is a dark nebula consisting of very dense material blocking light from the background stars

. Two cometary nebulae (GN 16.31.3 and GN 16.31.7) are found inside the dark nebula area, which certainly looks like a flying bat. The nebula spans 12 light-years at its estimated distance, about 1,400 light-years from planet Earth.

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  1. Reflections of an Untidy Mind – Tracy lives in Australia. She is passionate about the environment, her family and her dogs. She is a Type 1 diabetic of nearly 50 years. In her spare time, which is hardly ever, she is a mosaic artist. She is interested in what makes people tick and why they do the things they do. Her blogs will encompass important social and environmental issues, plus more mundane subjects like her experiences in dealing with a chronic medical condition and unruly dogs.
    Reflections of an Untidy Mind

    That seems quite close to me.

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