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The Omega Nebula is between 5,000 and 6,000 light-years from Earth and it spans some 15 light-years in diameter. The cloud of interstellar matter of which this nebula is a part is roughly 40 light-years in diameter and has a mass of 30,000 solar masses. [3] The total mass of the Omega Nebula is an estimated 800 solar masses. [4]
Below is a list of the largest known nebulae so far discovered, ordered by actual diameter. This list is prone to change because of inconsistencies between studies, the great distances of nebulae from our stellar neighborhood, and the constant refinement of technology and engineering .
Box Nebula NGC 6445: 1786 4.5 11.2 Sagittarius: Eye of Sauron Nebula M 1-42: 10 14 Sagittarius
A protoplanetary nebula or preplanetary nebula [27] (PPN, plural PPNe) is an astronomical object which is at the short-lived episode during a star's rapid evolution between the late asymptotic giant branch (LAGB) phase and the subsequent planetary nebula (PN) phase.
The following articles contain lists of nebulae: List of dark nebulae; List of diffuse nebulae; List of planetary nebulae; List of protoplanetary nebulae;
MM2 may refer to: MM2, a class of force fields; see force field (chemistry) MM2 (MMS), an interface utilized by the Multimedia Messaging Service standard; Mega Man 2, a 1988 video game for the NES; Mega Man II, a 1991 video game for the Game Boy; Midtown Madness 2, a 2000 video game for the PC; Motocross Madness 2, a 2000 video game for the PC
It is known as the Blue Snowball Nebula, Snowball Nebula, and Caldwell 22. This nebula was discovered October 6, 1784 by the German-born English astronomer William Herschel . In the New General Catalogue it is described as a "magnificent planetary or annular nebula, very bright, pretty small in angular size , round, blue, variable nucleus".
Cat's Eye Nebula (NGC 6543) Cat's Eye Nebula (NGC 6543) Nebulium was a proposed element found in astronomical observation of a nebula by William Huggins in 1864. The strong green emission lines of the Cat's Eye Nebula, discovered using spectroscopy, led to the postulation that an as yet unknown element was responsible for this emission.