Mark Huss Nov 9, 2003
> Hi Mark,Oops -- another example of Northern hemisphere bias!! Sorry about that.
>
> The central part of M8 is indeed known as "the Hourglass", but not the
> "Hourglass nebula". The Hourglass nebula is a planetary nebula in the
> southern hemisphere constellation Musca.
> Note that I recently eard of "l'amas de la Chouette", whichtranslates in
> Owl cluster, about NGC 457 in Cassiopeia. It sounds like the name ofM97 in
> the Big Dipper: Owl nebula. It's true that NGC 457 is a rathersymmetrical
> open cluster, with two brighter stars that look like an owl's eyes.I've heard this called the Owl and the Lobster, but all I see when I