Did you know there is a Dark Doodad Nebula?

It's true. I just saw it online.

It's that dark streak there through the middle of the photo. And you know, looking at that picture, I have to say that "Dark Doodad" is really a pretty accurate name. What else are you going to call it? Black Streaky Thing? Sounds like a longer name for Dark Doodad if you ask me.

Semi-Starry Night

Semi-Starry Night, originally uploaded by abbylee123.

This is about as much stargazing as you can get done in the lovely suburbs of Atlanta. Kind of sad, but it's better than nothing. I used to want to be an astronomer, which gave way to an aerospace engineer, which morphed into my chosen Mechanical Engineering major, but I still want to work for NASA someday! We'll see...