http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lagoon_Nebula
Lagoon Nebula
The Lagoon Nebula (catalogued as Messier 8 or M8, and as NGC 6523) is a giant interstellar cloud in the constellation Sagittarius.
The Lagoon Nebula is estimated to be between 4,000-6,000 light-years from the Earth.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nebulae_in_fiction
Nebulae in fiction
Lagoon Nebula
Object M8: In the science fiction TV show Battlestar Galactica, the Lagoon Nebula is seen in the episode "Home, Part II", in the Tomb of Athena on Kobol and along with the presence of the twelve zodiac symbols, it serves as a rough reference point to the location of Earth. Since the nebula looks the same from Earth and from the Twelve Colonies, the two star systems lie in a relatively straight line with the nebula. The nebula was erroneously stated to be in the constellation Scorpio in the episode; a mistake acknowledged by the producers. William Adama refers to the Nebula as "M8", its Messier catalog number.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080736/quotes
IMDb
The Internet Movie Database
Memorable quotes for
The Final Countdown (1980)
Commander Dan Thurman: What is this, some half-assed Princeton debating society?
2003 television miniseries "Battlestar Galactica" DVD movie:
00:00:00
Opening Title Card: The Cylons were created by Man. They were created to make life easier on the Twelve Colonies. And then The Day came when the Cylons decided to kill their Masters. After a long and bloody struggle, an Armistice was declared. The Cylons left for another world to call their own. A remote space station was built... ...Where Cylon and Human could meet and maintain diplomatic relations. Every year, the Colonials send an officer. The Cylons send no one. No one has seen or heard from the Cylons in over forty years.
Number Six: Are you alive?
Colonial Armistice officer: Yes.
Number Six: Prove it.
00:04:13
Number Six: It has begun.
JOURNAL ARCHIVE: 07/18/10 11:46 PM
I think the line of thought about
started with that woman was going to take me there by aircraft. I even imagined that she was going to pilot an F-14 Tomcat with me in the backseat and land at a nearby airport and then drive to
where I would then write the numbers down on the pavement. The reason for the Tomcat is because that line of thought considered that I needed to get out there to
as fast as possible. I cannot recall if there was ever any specific reason for why I needed to get there as fast as possible. I remember thinking that after I got there, there was no real feedback as to why I needed to get there so fast. I simply got there as fast as possible, recorded the numbers, which were apparently visible to people in the real world, and then I guess that was when
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JOURNAL ARCHIVE: 07/18/10 8:44 PM
I guess that after looking at the map of
I started thinking that I would paint those numbers on the side of the road at the intersection of Highway
which is a crossroads that has a secondary street labeled as
Road that runs a short distance to the river.
[JOURNAL ARCHIVE 18 July 2010 excerpt ends]
1978 film "Capricorn One" DVD movie:
01:28:27
Dr. James Kelloway: [speaking into telephone] Yes? Which one? [listening] What direction was he going? [listening] Brubaker is going west. Put everybody west.
From 7/29/1958 ( United States NASA formed ) To 6/7/1976 ( my first landing Saturn moon Phoebe and the Saturn moon Phoebe territory belongs to me and my wife ) is 6523 days
From 9/11/1937 ( Robert L. Crippen ) To 7/22/1955 ( Willem Dafoe ) is 6523 days
From 10/24/1947 ( Kevin Kline ) To 9/2/1965 ( my first day as university student and graduate student instructor at Princeton University where I earned Medical Doctor degree ) is 6523 days
From 2/17/1965 ( I am active duty United States Navy SEAL ) To 12/28/1982 ( United States Navy battleship USS New Jersey BB 62 commissioned into United States Navy service ) is 6523 days
From 12/28/1982 ( United States Navy battleship USS New Jersey BB 62 commissioned into United States Navy service ) To 11/6/2000 ( premiere US film "Red Planet" ) is 6523 days
http://www.twiztv.com/scripts/battlestar
BATTLESTAR GALACTICA
http://www.twiztv.com/scripts/battlestar/season2/galactica-207.htm
BATTLESTAR GALACTICA
2X07 - HOME (2)
Original Airdate (SciFi): 26-AUG-05
Kobol - Tomb of Athena (?) Open Field
There are 12 monoliths in a circle. Each with gems set in a constellation pattern in the stone with the constellation in stars above the monolith.
Billy: Uh... where the hell are we?
Roslin: I don't know. Tomb of Athena, I think.
Adama: I thought we were already in the tomb.
Starbuck: I think that was the lobby.
Roslin: Again the ancient symbols. These patterns... were on the original flags of the 12 colonies back in the days when the colonies were called by their ancient names: Aries... Taurus... Gemini... Cancer... Leo... Libra... Virgo.
Adama: The jewels match the constellations.
Apollo: this is the map-- this is the map to Earth.
Adama: Maybe. So is Earth in one of these constellations?
Starbuck: We're standing on it. We're standing on Earth. The scriptures say that when the 13th tribe landed on Earth, they looked up into the heavens and they saw their 12 brothers.
Roslin: Earth is the place where you can look up in the sky and see the constellations of the 12 colonies.
Starbuck: I don't know what good it's gonna do us though. I mean, what are we supposed to do? Search the entire galaxy for one particular star pattern?
Apollo: There. There in Scorpio. I've seen that before. It's the lagoon nebula.
Adama: Astro body M8.. That's a long way from here.
Roslin: Yeah. But at least now we have a map and a direction.
Galactica - Hangar
Adama is giving a speech to a large portion of the staff of the Galactica
Adama: We have struggled since the attacks... trying to rely on one another. Our strength and our only hope as a people, is to remain undivided. We haven't always done all we could to insure that. Many people believe that the scriptures, the letters from the gods, will lead us to salvation. Maybe they will. But "the gods shall lift those who lift each other." And so, to lift all of us, let me present once again the president of the colonies, Laura Roslin.
From 6/19/1975 ( introduction of United States of America congressional joint resolution Public Law 94-479 General of the Armies of the United States applies to me personally and professionally as United States Navy Fleet Admiral Thomas Reagan ) To 2/5/2057 ( fictional date setting 2000 film "Red Planet" ) is 16 days 7 months 81 years
'16 July 1981' ( my wife )
http://www.cswap.com/2000/Red_Planet/cap/en/25fps/a/00_14
Red Planet
:14:20
Mars-1 , Houston.
You have acquired orbit.
:14:24
Congratulations on 182 days
of smooth sailing.
:14:27
And welcome to Mars. Houston out.
JOURNAL ARCHIVE: From: Kerry Burgess
To: Kerry Burgess
Sent: Sunday, May 21, 2006 10:58:55 AM
Subject: I've been thinking a lot about this song lately
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handle_With_Care_%28song%29
"Handle With Care" is a song from the Traveling Wilburys 1988 album, Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1. Writing credits are shared by all five band members, George Harrison, Jeff Lynne, Roy Orbison, Tom Petty, and Bob Dylan.
Been beat up and battered round
Been sent up, and Ive been shot down
Youre the best thing that Ive ever found
Handle me with care
Reputations changeable
Situations tolerable
Baby, youre adorable
Handle me with care
(chorus)
Im so tired of being lonely
I still have some love to give
Wont you show me that you really care
(bridge)
Everybodys got somebody to lean on
Put your body next to mine, and dream on
Ive been fobbed off, and Ive been fooled
Ive been robbed and ridiculed
In day care centers and night schools
Handle me with care
Been stuck in airports, terrorized
Sent to meetings, hypnotized
Overexposed, commercialized
Hand me with care
(chorus)
(bridge)
Ive been uptight and made a mess
But Ill clean it up myself, I guess
Oh, the sweet smell of success
Handle me with care
[JOURNAL ARCHIVE 21 May 2006 excerpt ends]
