It can contain hydrogen, helium, and/or plasma Click for even more facts or information. Keep reading for more interesting facts perfect for kids. See also the horsehead nebula) planetary nebulae planetary nebulae are shells of gas thrown out by some stars near the end of their lives Our sun will probably produce a planetary nebula in about 5 billion years. This nebula can be found a third of a degree from the horsehead nebula
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. 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
The diffuse reflection nebula is the brightest around merope, where it has an apparent magnitude of 13 The rest of the nebula is fainter than magnitude 16. Eta carinae is engulfed by the homunculus nebula The brightest star, canopus, marked the ship’s keel. Monoceros is a faint constellation located on the celestial equator Its name translates to unicorn from greek
The andromeda galaxy is the largest galaxy in the local group, more than twice the size of the milky way Click for even more amazing facts and information. 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
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