The Gum Nebula (Gum 12) is an emission nebula that extends across 36° in the southern constellations Vela and Puppis. It lies approximately 450 parsecs...
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List of largest nebulae (redirect from List of largest nebula)
including the Vela supernova remnant, the binary system γ2 Velorum, and the Gum nebula". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 525: A154. arXiv:1011.1177. Bibcode:2011A&A...
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The Lagoon Nebula (catalogued as Messier 8 or M8, NGC 6523, Sharpless 25, RCW 146, and Gum 72) is a giant interstellar cloud in the constellation Sagittarius...
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Gum 1 Gum 2 Gum 3 Gum 4 Gum 5 Gum 6 Gum 7 Gum 8 Gum 9 Gum 10 Gum 12 Gum 13 Gum 14 Gum 15 Gum 16 Gum 17 Gum 18 Gum 19 Gum 20 Gum 21 Gum 22 Gum 23 Gum 24...
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Observatory—showed several objects resembling comets, located in the Gum Nebula, an emission nebula of the constellation. Due to their particular shape, these objects...
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Gamma Velorum (category Gum Nebula)
Gamma Velorum is a quadruple star system in the constellation Vela. This name is the Bayer designation for the star, which is Latinised from γ Velorum...
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List of diffuse nebulae (redirect from List of reflection nebula)
Cone Nebula Crescent Nebula Double Helix Nebula Eagle Nebula Elephant's Trunk Nebula Eta Carinae Nebula Flame Nebula Fish Head Nebula Fly Nebula Gum Nebula...
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the Swan Nebula, Checkmark Nebula, Lobster Nebula, and the Horseshoe Nebula, and catalogued as Messier 17 or M17 or NGC 6618. The Omega Nebula is between...
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Horsehead Nebula Engraved Hourglass Nebula Lagoon Nebula Orion Nebula Pelican Nebula Red Square Nebula Ring Nebula Rosette Nebula Tarantula Nebula Gum catalog...
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Vela Supernova Remnant (redirect from Gum 16)
including the Vela supernova remnant, the binary system γ2 Velorum, and the Gum nebula". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 525: A154. arXiv:1011.1177. Bibcode:2011A&A...
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expected physical properties. Its association with objects such as the Gum nebula and γ2 Velorum is also used as a method to establish its distance. The...
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Vela Pulsar (category Gum Nebula)
and Panagia established in 1980 that Vela X was actually a pulsar wind nebula, contained within the fainter supernova remnant and driven by energy released...
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RX J0852.0−4622 (category Gum Nebula)
RX J0852.0−4622 (also known as G266.2−1.2) is a supernova remnant. The remnant is located in the southern sky in the constellation Vela ("sail"), and sits...
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The Eagle Nebula (catalogued as Messier 16 or M16, and as NGC 6611, and also known as the Star Queen Nebula) is a young open cluster of stars in the constellation...
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of the constellations Puppis and Vela, was later named the Gum Nebula in his honour. Gum was part of the team, whose number included Frank John Kerr...
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NGC 6334 (redirect from Cat's Paw Nebula)
NGC 6334, colloquially known as the Cat's Paw Nebula, or Gum 64, is an emission nebula and star-forming region located in the constellation Scorpius. NGC...
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NGC 2736 (redirect from Pencil Nebula)
film this nebula is the brightest patch of a huge supernova remnant (Gum Nebula) whose delicate whisps cover the field. A relatively bright star is immersed...
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This constellation has 32 more planetary nebulae. The Gum Nebula is a faint emission nebula, believed to be the remains of a million-year-old supernova...
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RCW 42 (category Gum Nebula)
RCW 42 (or Gum 26), is a giant H II region in the Milky Way. It contains DBS2003 38, a deeply embedded infrared cluster. It lies at the western edge of...
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000,000 M☉. This cloud complex lies on the sky in the direction of the Gum Nebula (foreground) and the Carina–Sagittarius Spiral Arm (background). The most...
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NGC 2359 (redirect from Thor's Helmet Nebula)
catalogued as Sharpless 2-298 and Gum 4. The nebula has an overall bubble shape, but with complex filamentary structures. The nebula contains several hundred solar...
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RCW 108 (redirect from Rim Nebula)
RCW 108, also called the Rim Nebula, is a large star formation in the Milky Way, about 4,000 light years from Earth. RCW 108 is part of the Constellation...
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NGC 5189 (redirect from Spiral Planetary Nebula)
NGC 5189 (Gum 47, IC 4274, nicknamed Spiral Planetary Nebula) is a planetary nebula in the constellation Musca. It was discovered by James Dunlop on 1...
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The Crab Nebula (catalogue designations M1, NGC 1952, Taurus A) is a supernova remnant and pulsar wind nebula in the constellation of Taurus. The common...
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The Orion Nebula (also known as Messier 42, M42, or NGC 1976) is a diffuse nebula situated in the Milky Way, being south of Orion's Belt in the constellation...
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450 parsecs (about 1,470 light-years) away in a Bok globule near the Gum nebula. Jets of partially ionized gas emerging from a young star produce visible...
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object Angular diameter or size Relative size Magellanic Stream over 100° Gum Nebula 36° Milky Way 30° (by 360°) Width of spread out hand with arm stretched...
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Williamina Fleming Gum Nebula (Gum 12) is an emission nebula stretching across Vela and Puppis, named after Colin Stanley Gum. Hind's Variable Nebula (NGC 1555)...
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RCW 34 (redirect from RCW 34 (Gum 19))
RCW 34 (Gum 19) - H II region and the emission nebula located in the constellation Vela. It is located approximately 22,000 light years from Earth. Named...
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The Trifid Nebula (catalogued as Messier 20 or M20 and as NGC 6514) is an H II region in the north-west of Sagittarius in a star-forming region in the...
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