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Although denser than the space surrounding them, most nebulae are far less dense than any vacuum created on Earth (10 5 to 10 7 molecules per cubic centimeter) – a nebular cloud the size of the Earth would have a total mass of only a few kilograms.
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 ...
The size of solid bodies does not include an object's atmosphere. For example, Titan looks bigger than Ganymede, but its solid body is smaller. For the giant planets, the "radius" is defined as the distance from the center at which the atmosphere reaches 1 bar of atmospheric pressure. [11]
A planetary nebula is a type of emission nebula consisting of an expanding, glowing shell of ionized gas ejected from red giant stars late in their lives. [4] The term "planetary nebula" is a misnomer because they are unrelated to planets. The term originates from the planet-like round shape of these nebulae observed by astronomers through ...
[1] [2] They are believed to be a common feature of the evolution of planetary nebulae, but can only be resolved in the nearest examples. [2] They are generally larger than the size of the Solar System (i.e. the orbit of Pluto), with masses of around 0.00001 times the mass of the Sun, which is comparable to the mass of the Earth.
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 nebulae. The Nebula is part of a much larger nebula that is known as the Orion molecular cloud complex.
Jupiter is the biggest planet in our solar system, according to NASA. Jupiter’s radius is over 11 times the equatorial radius of the Earth. ... Although most stars are much larger than planets ...
The Helix Nebula (also known as NGC 7293 or Caldwell 63) is a planetary nebula (PN) located in the constellation Aquarius. Discovered by Karl Ludwig Harding, most likely before 1824, this object is one of the closest of all the bright planetary nebulae to Earth. [3] The distance, measured by the Gaia mission, is 655±13 light-years. [4]