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Types of Nebulae | Galaxies, Globular Open Clusters Originally, the word “nebula” referred to almost any extended astronomical object (other than planets and comets) The etymological root of “nebula” means “cloud” As is usual in astronomy, the old terminology survives in modern usage in sometimes confusing ways We sometimes use the word “nebula” to refer to galaxies, various types of star clusters and various kinds of
Orion Constellation | Facts, Information, History Definition This nebula can be found a third of a degree from the Horsehead Nebula NGC 2023 is around 1,467 light-years away from Earth Monkey Head Nebula The Monkey Head Nebula, designated as NGC 2174, is an emission nebula classified as an H II region It is associated with the open cluster NGC 2175, also located in Orion
Trifid Nebula - The Nine Planets The Trifid Nebula gets its name from the three dark lanes the divide it The red part is an emission nebula powered by a bright triple star CC 24537; the fainter blue part is a reflection nebula surrounding a hot O-type star The Trifid Nebula is just 1 1 2 degrees from the much larger Lagoon Nebula AAT html (David Malin) AAT html (David Malin
Nebula List - The Nine Planets NGC 7293 (Helix Nebula) AAT 48k jpg (David Malin) NGC 7354 BB 5k jpg NGC 7662 (The Blue Snowball) BB 5k jpg UMN 62k gif Antares and the Rho Ophiuchus dark cloud UKS 52k jpg; ROE html (David Malin) Faint nebulosity in Orion UKS 51k jpg (David Malin) GK Per (remnant of Nova Persei 1901) WIYN 134k gif; (caption) WIYN 170k gif; (caption) Henize 70
The Origin of the Solar System l The Big Bang - The Nine Planets Here is a brief outline of the current theory of the events in the early history of the solar system: A cloud of interstellar gas and or dust (the “solar nebula”) is disturbed and collapses under its own gravity The disturbance could be, for example, the shock wave from a nearby supernova As the cloud collapses, it heats up and compresses in the center It heats enough for the dust to
Eta Carinae (η Carinae) | Facts, Information, History Definition Eta Carinae is engulfed by the Homunculus Nebula This nebula is embedded within the much larger Carina Nebula, a large star-forming H II region Carina was part of a larger constellation called the Argo Navis – this constellation represented the ship of Jason and the Argonauts The brightest star, Canopus, marked the ship’s keel
Perseus Constellation | Facts, Information, History, Location Stars The nebula is located in the western part of the Perseus molecular cloud, and it is a young region of very active star formation The Perseus Molecular Cloud The Perseus Molecular Cloud is a giant molecular cloud located at around 1,000 light-years away from us It contains over 10,000 solar masses of gas and dust covering an area of 6 by 2