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    The Cone Nebula is an H II region in the constellation of Monoceros. It was discovered by William Herschel on December 26, 1785, at which time he designated...
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    Catalogue that identifies two astronomical objects as a single object: the Cone Nebula, and the Christmas Tree Cluster. Two other objects are within this designation...
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    as the Christmas Tree cluster. The Cone Nebula is also a part of this same cloud. The red regions of this nebula are caused by hydrogen gas that has...
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    Shuttle mission in March 2002. The Cone Nebula, located in the constellation Monoceros, is a region that contains cones, pillars, and majestic flowing shapes...
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  • other disjoint subspace Cone Nebula (also known as NGC 2264), an H II region in the constellation of Monoceros Ionization cone, cones of material extending...
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  • Cloud Cone Nebula Crescent Nebula Double Helix Nebula Eagle Nebula Elephant's Trunk Nebula Eta Carinae Nebula Flame Nebula Fish Head Nebula Fly Nebula Gum...
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    Monocerotis represents its top. The Cone Nebula (NGC 2264), associated with the Christmas Tree Cluster, is a very dim nebula that contains a dark conic structure...
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    constellations: Coalsack Nebula Cone Nebula Dark Doodad Nebula Dark Horse Nebula Horsehead Nebula (Barnard 33) Pipe Nebula (also see Dark Horse Nebula; includes Barnard...
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    1016 meters 4 light years 4.2 × 1016 meters Bubble Nebula — 7 light years 7 × 1016 meters Cone Nebula — 8 light years 8 × 1016 meters Pillars of Creation...
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  • The Red Square Nebula is a celestial object located in the area of the sky occupied by star MWC 922 in the constellation Serpens. The first images of this...
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    NGC 2264 including the Cone Nebula and the Christmas Tree Cluster (upside down in this image) with S Monocerotis at the very top of the image (and the...
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    Mz 3 (redirect from Planetary Nebula Mz3)
    Mz 3 (Menzel 3) is a young bipolar planetary nebula (PN) in the constellation Norma that is composed of a bright core and four distinct high-velocity outflows...
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    Astronomy Picture of the Day: Rosette Nebula (14 February 2008) NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day: Cone Nebula (12 April 2007) NASA Astronomy Picture...
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  • the Herschel 400:   Open cluster   Globular cluster   Diffuse nebula   Planetary nebula   Galaxy Category:IC objects Category:NGC objects Caldwell catalogue...
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  • Galaxy Science Fiction. pp. 123–127. Domes of Pico page and Text extract Nebula No.33. August 1958 Review by Ken Slater Children's literature portal v t...
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    Eta Carinae (category Carina Nebula)
    cluster, itself embedded in the much larger Carina Nebula. Although unrelated to the star and nebula, the weak Eta Carinids meteor shower has a radiant...
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    including the first-magnitude stars Acrux and Mimosa, west of the Carina Nebula (one of five first-magnitude deep-sky objects), and with the first-magnitude...
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  • Rendezvous with Rama (category Nebula Award for Best Novel–winning works)
    in an attempt to unlock its mysteries. The novel won both the Hugo and Nebula awards upon its release, and is regarded as one of the cornerstones in Clarke's...
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  • bipolar in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Bipolar may refer to: Bipolar nebula, a distinctive nebular formation Bipolar outflow, two continuous flows of...
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    pumped into a supernova remnant around a neutron star, such as the Crab Nebula. After the discovery of the first pulsar, Thomas Gold independently suggested...
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    S2CID 59522014. Pavan, L.; et al. (2014). "The long helical jet of the Lighthouse nebula, IGR J11014-6103" (PDF). Astronomy & Astrophysics. 562 (562): A122. arXiv:1309...
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    Tm – 2063 AU – 1 centiparsec 757 Tm – 5059 AU – radius of the Stingray Nebula 777 Tm – 5180 AU – one light-month The petametre (SI symbol: Pm) is a unit...
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    Alvan Clark to make a 51-minute exposure of the Orion Nebula, the first photograph of a nebula ever made. A breakthrough in astronomical photography came...
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    Ireland, found that the Whirlpool possessed a spiral structure, the first "nebula" to be known to have one. These "spiral nebulae" were not recognized as...
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  • plain. Ancient Romans called Indian textiles by names such as gangetika, nebula and venti meaning woven wind. Marco Polo's Description of the world gives...
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    was awarded for fiction that year. The novel was nominated for the 1973 Nebula Award for Best Novel. Time named Gravity's Rainbow one of its "All-Time...
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    hourglass: it is based on two oppositely oriented cones or truncated cones with their bases joined; the cones are not necessarily the same Bowtie shape, in...
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    with a V-2 rocket on January 28, 1949. A detector was placed in the nose cone section and the rocket was launched in a suborbital flight to an altitude...
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    Whipple collaboration and led to the discovery of TeV emission from the Crab Nebula in 1989. The Whipple 10m telescope also discovered the first extra-galactic...
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    gravity of a nearby star or drag from the gaseous remnants of the Solar nebula reduced the eccentricity of its orbit. This process raised its perihelion...
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