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PSA: I keep seeing people call the Orion Nebula a galaxy in comments
I was at a local star party in Flagstaff and heard three different people point to a photo and say 'look at that galaxy'. It's a nebula, a cloud of gas where stars are born, not a collection of billions of stars like a galaxy. Has anyone else noticed this mix-up getting more common?
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sarahbailey7mo ago
Guilty as charged, I called the Pleiades a galaxy once. Still cringe about it.
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calebfisher7mo ago
My astronomy professor said this mix-up happens because both look like fuzzy patches in small telescopes.
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