Food-related DSOs

[umadog]

I was thinking today that there three (to my knowledge) fast-food related objects up in the sky:

1. Cygnus has a Cheeseburger PN (http://observing.skyhound.com/archives/aug1/NGC_7026.html)

2. Gomez's Hamburger is an awesome protoplanetary disk near Sagittarius: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gomez%27s_Hamburger and http://heritage.stsci.edu/2002/19/article.html

3. The Hamburger Galaxy: http://www.billionsandbillions.com/hamburger.html is in Leo

Are these the only food-related objects? Are there only burgers and if so, where's the Ketchup and fries?

[Schorhr]

He.

There's always the Milky way!

M57 could be an onion ring ;-) As for fries, how about M82?

[umadog]

As for fries, how about M82?

That's only one fry, though? So where are the rest? I was thinking more of objects that have already been named after food, though. Your M57 suggestion reminded me that NGC 6337 is sometimes called the Cheerio.

[rowan46]

tch tch that's americans for you they see a burger and want to supersize it to a meal

[E621Keith]

There was a post for the m81 and m82 here

[tonedeaf]

wow the third one was shot with this monster:

http://www.rcopticalsystems.com/telescopes/24truss.html <-

[wxsatuser]

Wild Duck Cluster M11

[Monty]

Garnet Star reminds me of a glacier cherry...

[JamesF]

The constellation Lepus? No? Just me then. How about the Crab Nebula in that case? Depending on where you buy your meat, there's always the good old Horsehead nebula

It's a lot harder to think of ones actually named after items of food rather than animals one might eat.

[Pig]

I am sure there is a cosmic pancake

[Moonshane]

lemon slice nebula?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lemon_slice_nebula

[Pig]

If you are royalty you can eat swan and there is a swan nebula.

There is also the little fishes cluster

[theironduck]

My wife's got me doing some ludicrous fasting diet. I've hardly eaten today (<600 calories) and thought I'd come to SGL to distract me from food cravings. No such luck - thanks a bunch!

;(

[Pig]

did you say thanks a brunch

[theironduck]

Ha! No, but I did type "No such lunch..." at first. Roll on tomorrow morning's fry up.

[theironduck]

Anyway, back on topic, what about the Beehive cluster?

[Knight of Clear Skies]

Wild Duck Cluster M11

Especially when imaged through an orange filter.

[Knight of Clear Skies]

In extremis, you could end up taking a bite out of the Sombrero galaxy.

[Naemeth]

My wife's got me doing some ludicrous fasting diet. I've hardly eaten today (<600 calories) and thought I'd come to SGL to distract me from food cravings. No such luck - thanks a bunch!

;(

did you say thanks a brunch

That just made my day!

If only there was a nebula called the Nacho Nebula

[Stargazer_00]

picses is a pair of fish!