Emission Nebula

showing results: 8x Emission Region objects

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Observing the emission nebula Objects

(showing results: 1,407x Emission Nebula objects)

(Let’s find out the meaning of the term – emission nebula)

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Other Deep Sky Objects in constellations – Visible from the UK

Other Deep Sky Objects in constellations – Visible from the UK

AndromedaAquariusAquilaAriesAuriga
BoötesCamelopardalisCancerCanes VenaticiCanis Major
Canis MinorCapricornusCassiopeiaCepheusComa Berenices
Corona BorealisCygnusDelphinusDracoEquuleus
GeminiHerculesLacertaLeoLeo Minor
LibraLynx LyraMonocerosOphiuchus
OrionPegasusPerseusPiscesSagitta
Serpens CaputSerpens CaudaSextansTaurusTriangulum
Ursa MajorUrsa MinorVirgoVulpecula
(44 constellations above are visible from the United Kingdom.)

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What is an emission nebula?

What is an emission nebula?

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An emission nebula is a cloud of plasma emitting light in many red colours.

Because most of the universe is made of hydrogen, many emission nebulae appear red.

Emission nebulae emit light in wavelengths that are visible.

They tend to be red because hydrogen emits red light when ionized.

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The most common source of ionization is high-energy ultraviolet photons emitted from a nearby hot star.

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The glowing is caused by a star being near the nebula.

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Hydrogen glows red when it is hot. If the nebula is very hot, other types of gas will be heated and the it might also glow blue and green.

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