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Eye of Sauron Nebula M 1-42: 10 14 Sagittarius See also. Lists of astronomical objects; Lists of planets; References. This page was last edited on 29 ...
The Cone Nebula, sometimes referred to as the Jesus Christ Nebula because of its resemblance to the popular depictions of Jesus with his hands in a prayer position.. People have been found to perceive images with spiritual or religious themes or import, sometimes called iconoplasms or simulacra, in the shapes of natural phenomena.
This video clip shows a visualization of the three-dimensional structure of the Pillars of Creation. Closer view of one pillar. Pillars of Creation is a photograph taken by the Hubble Space Telescope of elephant trunks of interstellar gas and dust in the Eagle Nebula, in the Serpens constellation, some 6,500–7,000 light-years (2,000–2,100 pc; 61–66 Em) from Earth. [1]
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 ...
This nebula was also observed by Johann Baptist Cysat in 1618. However, the first detailed study of the Orion Nebula was not performed until 1659 by Christiaan Huygens, who also believed he was the first person to discover this nebulosity. [11] In 1715, Edmond Halley published a list of six nebulae.
See also the references to names from other cultures at dark cloud constellations: The Horsehead Nebula. Coalsack Nebula; Cone Nebula; Dark Doodad Nebula; Dark Horse Nebula; Horsehead Nebula ; Pipe Nebula (also see Dark Horse Nebula; includes Barnard 59, 77 and 78) Snake Nebula (also see Dark Horse Nebula) Keyhole Nebula
The world’s most dangerous countries to visit in 2025 have been revealed in a new study on security, health and climate change risks around the world. Somalia, Sudan, South Sudan and the Central ...
The following articles contain lists of nebulae: List of dark nebulae; List of diffuse nebulae; List of largest nebulae; List of planetary nebulae;