- A
nebula (Latin for 'cloud, fog'; pl.:
nebulae,
nebulæ, or nebulas) is a
distinct luminescent part of
interstellar medium,
which can
consist of ionized...
- planets. The term
originates from the planet-like
round shape of
these nebulae observed by
astronomers through early telescopes. The
first usage may have...
- The New
General Catalogue of
Nebulae and
Clusters of
Stars (abbreviated NGC) is an
astronomical catalogue of deep-sky
objects compiled by John
Louis Emil...
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articles contain lists of
nebulae: List of dark
nebulae List of
diffuse nebulae List of
planetary nebulae List of
protoplanetary nebulae List of
supernova remnants...
- The
following is an
incomplete list of
known planetary nebulae.
Table entries are
sourced from the
individual articles,
where available, for each nebula...
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objects behind it, such as
background stars and
emission or
reflection nebulae. The
extinction of the
light is
caused by
interstellar dust
grains in the...
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Messier in his
Catalogue des Nébuleuses et des Amas d'Étoiles (Catalogue of
Nebulae and Star Clusters).
Because Messier was
interested only in
finding comets...
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astronomical catalogues referred to as
Nebulae and Star Clusters. A
Nebula is a
cloud of dust and gas
inside a galaxy.
Nebulae become visible if the gas glows...
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Nebulae (Chinese: 星雲) is a
petascale supercomputer located at the
National Supercomputing Center in Shenzhen, Guangdong, China.
Built from a
Dawning TC3600...
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diffuse nebulae. Most
nebulae are diffuse,
meaning that they do not have well-defined boundaries.
Types of
diffuse nebulae include emission nebulae and reflection...
