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List of pareidolia in astronomy, biology, and geology
[edit]Astronomy
[edit]- Alligator (open star cluster NGC 1981, also known as the Crocodile)
- Angelfish Nebula
- Atoms for Peace Galaxy
- Banana Nebula
- Bear Paw Galaxy (also known as the Bear Claw Galaxy)
- Blue Horsehead Nebula
- Boogeyman Nebula (Lynds Dark Nebula 1622 in Orion)
- Bow-Tie Nebula
- Butterfly Galaxies (also known as the Siamese Twins)
- Calabash Nebula (also known as the Rotten Egg Nebula)
- California Nebula (also known as the Dragon Nebula)
- Caterpillar Nebula (dark cloud Barnard 168 in Cygnus)
- Cat's Eye Nebula
- Cat's Paw Nebula (also known as the Bear Claw Nebula)
- Celestial Snow Angel (emission nebula Sharpless-2-106 in Cygnus)
- Cheerio Nebula (also known as the Ghostly Cheerio)
- Cigar Galaxy (also known as the Dove Galaxy)
- Coalsack Nebula
- Coathanger (open star cluster Collinder 399 in Vulpecula, which looks like a coathanger)
- Condor Galaxy
- Cooling Tower (open star cluster Messier 29 in Cygnus)
- Crab Nebula
- Dark Doodad Nebula
- Dark Horse Nebula (also known as the Great Dark Horse, Prancing Horse)
- Defiant Finger, within the Carina Nebula
- Dolphin-Head Nebula
- Dragonfish Nebula
- Dragons of Ara (two dark images or silhouettes of dragon-like creatures in the NGC 6188 complex, in the constellation Ara)
- Dumbbell Nebula (also known as the Apple Core Nebula, Diabolo Nebula, Double Headed Shot)
- Eagle Nebula (also known as the Star Queen Nebula)
- Eskimo Nebula (also known as the Clown-Faced Nebula, Lion Nebula)
- Fetus Nebula
- Gabriela Mistral Nebula
- Ghost Head Nebula
- Ghost Nebula
- Glowing Eye Nebula (also known as the Dandelion Puffball Nebula)
- Guitar (nebula)
- Halloween Cat (open star cluster NGC 225 in Cassiopeia)
- Hamburger Galaxy
- Hand of God (pulsar PSR B1509−58 in Circinus)
- Headphone Nebula
- Heart Nebula (also known as the Running Dog Nebula)
- Homunculus Nebula (Little Man Nebula)
- Horsehead Nebula
- Iris Nebula
- Jellyfish Nebula
- Jesus Christ Nebula (also known as the Cone Nebula)
- Jewel Bug Nebula (also known as the Gummy Bear Nebula)
- Keyhole Nebula, within the Carina Nebula
- Lemon Slice Nebula
- Little Ghost Nebula
- Lizard (dark cloud Barnard 138 in Aquila)
- Lobster Nebula (also known as the War-and-Peace Nebula)
- Meathook Galaxy (also known as the Cobra-and-Mouse)
- Metronome (open star cluster Dolidze 17 in Orion)
- Mice Galaxies
- Monkey Head Nebula (also known as the Ape Man Nebula)
- Muscle Man Cluster (open star cluster Stock 2 in Cassiopeia)
- North America Nebula
- Owl Cluster (also known as the Dragonfly Cluster, E.T. Cluster, Kachina Doll Cluster)
- Owl Nebula
- Oyster Nebula
- Pacman Nebula
- Parrot's Head Nebula (dark cloud Barnard 87 in Sagittarius)
- Pelican Nebula
- Pencil Nebula
- Phantom Streak Nebula
- Pincushion Cluster (also known as the Football Cluster, Black Arrow Cluster, Wishing Well Cluster, Double Arrowhead)
- Pistol Nebula
- Porpoise galaxy (also known as the Penguin-with-Egg Galaxy)
- Prawn Nebula
- Red Spider Nebula
- Retina Nebula
- Running Chicken Nebula
- Running Man Nebula (NGC 1977 in Orion)
- Sailboat (open star cluster Dolidze-Dzimselejsvili 7 in Hercules)
- Seagull Nebula
- Seahorse Nebula
- Skull and Crossbones Nebula (also known as the Mandrill)
- Skull Nebula
- Sombrero Galaxy (also known as the Darklane Galaxy)
- Sprinter (also known as the Running Man Cluster)
- Starfish Galaxy
- Statue of Liberty Nebula
- Swan Nebula (also known as the Horseshoe Nebula, Lobster Nebula, Omega Nebula, Checkmark Nebula)
- Tarantula Nebula
- Thirty Seven Cluster, 37 Cluster (also known as the LE Cluster)
- Thor's Helmet (also known as the Duck Nebula)
- Toby Jug Nebula
- Tribble Nebulae
- Tulip Nebula
- Whale Galaxy (also known as the Herring Galaxy)
- Witch Head Nebula
- Wizard Nebula
Sources of many of the above mentioned names:
- Sky Catalogue 2000.0, Volume 2: Double Stars, Variable Stars, and Nonstellar Objects (Edited by Alan Hirshfeld and Roger W. Sinnott, 1985); pages xlv, xlvi, xlvii, xlviii, xlix, and l: GLOSSARY OF SELECTED ASTRONOMICAL NAMES.
- Deep-Sky Name Index 2000.0 (Hugh C. Maddocks, Foxon-Maddocks Associates, 1991), a derivate of Sky Catalogue 2000.0, Volume 2.
Biology
[edit]- Heikegani, a species of crab native to Japan with shells interpreted to be the face of angry samurai
Geology
[edit]- Badlands Guardian, a geomorphological feature located near Medicine Hat in the southeast corner of Alberta, Canada.
- Face Mountain (formerly Parsons Peak, Alaska)
- Face Rock State Scenic Viewpoint, a state park in Oregon named for a rock that resembles the face of a human looking towards the sky
- Makapansgat pebble, a pebble with natural chipping and wear patterns that make it look like a crude rendition of a human face
- Old Man of the Mountain, a series of five granite cliff ledges on Cannon Mountain in Franconia, New Hampshire, United States
- Pedra da Gávea, a monolithic mountain with stylized human face in Tijuca Forest, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Runamo, a cracked dolerite dike in Sweden
- Sleeping Giant (Ontario)
- Turtle Rock, Gorkhi-Terelj National Park, Mongolia