Terminology - Names you may not find in an Astronomy textbook (yet)

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This gives a brief explanation of terms used around the Forum, that you may not find in a textbook.  Some are names of particular images, some are names for artifacts.  They are only added here when they have become long term names.

	Hanny's Voorwerp Probably a Quasar light echo. See for links to descriptions, science, press and everything Reference 587735661547290798
	The Scream Discussed in many topics, no real explanation yet. This is how it got the name see 588017703465058488
	Pats Purple Caterpillar Possibly three very close and similar stars see 587733432461492454 Discussion started here
	Muffins Artifacts with strips of colour usually across a star, where the plates have not been aligned properly How Muffins Got Their Name This one is 587726102026715344
	The Angel A superposition of a star and a merger. See 587742062669463585
	Peas Peas are bright (almost featureless) galaxies with very prominent O[III] emission lines that dominate all others, most are bright green but depending on the redshift they can be other colours. There is an active project looking at them The Peas Project For wider discussion about Peas see Give Peas a Chance This Pea is 587728669342695728
	Voorwerpje Ionized Gas Clouds powered by AGNs. Help hunt for them Here See also Active galaxies with ionized gas clouds - more denizens of the Zoo
	Mitch's Star A rather extreme DZ White Dwarf star. 587739406764540066 See: Mitch's Mystery Star
	The Tea Cup AGN A Voorwerpje... 587736809916399664