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Box Nebula NGC 6445: 1786 4.5 11.2 Sagittarius: Eye of Sauron Nebula M 1-42: 10 14 Sagittarius
List of the largest nebulae Image Nebula Maximum dimension (in light-years/parsecs) Type Notes NGC 262 Halo Cloud 1,300,000 ly (400,000 pc) [1] H I region: Spiral nebula surrounding NGC 262, which is one of the largest known galaxies. Leo Ring: 650,000 ly (200,000 pc) [2] HVC: A large ring of cold gas that formed from a collision of two ...
A starchart of the Orion Nebula. Optical images reveal clouds of gas and dust in the Orion Nebula; an infrared image (right) reveals the new stars shining within. The entirety of the Orion Nebula extends across a 1° region of the sky, and includes neutral clouds of gas and dust, associations of stars, ionized volumes of gas, and reflection ...
The James Webb Space Telescope has revealed colorful new portraits of the iconic Ring Nebula. The new images capture the complex details of the planetary nebula, an enormous cloud of cosmic gas ...
The following articles contain lists of nebulae: List of dark nebulae; List of diffuse nebulae; List of planetary nebulae; List of protoplanetary nebulae;
A nebula (Latin for 'cloud, fog'; [1] pl.: nebulae, ... Historical pictures of nebulae, digital library of Paris Observatory This page was last edited on 5 ...
The Sun; Sirius A with Sirius B, a white dwarf; the Crab Nebula, a remnant supernova; A black hole (artist concept); Vela Pulsar, a rotating neutron star; M80, a globular cluster, and the Pleiades, an open star cluster; The Whirlpool galaxy and Abell 2744, a galaxy cluster; Superclusters, galactic filaments and voids
It is one of the largest comprehensive astronomical catalogues for deep sky objects such as star clusters, nebulae, and galaxies. List of NGC objects (1–1000) List of NGC objects (1001–2000) List of NGC objects (2001–3000) List of NGC objects (3001–4000) List of NGC objects (4001–5000) List of NGC objects (5001–6000)