A protoplanetary nebula or preplanetary nebula (PPN, plural PPNe) is an astronomical object which is at the short-lived episode during a star's rapid evolution...
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nebula. Protoplanetary disc AS 209 nestled in the young Ophiuchus star-forming region. Protoplanetary disk HH 212. By observing dusty protoplanetary discs...
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Rectangle Nebula, an example of a protoplanetary nebula. The delicate shell of SNR B0509-67.5 Tycho Supernova remnant in X-ray light Southern Ring Nebula, Planetary...
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The Red Rectangle Nebula, so called because of its red color and unique rectangular shape, is a protoplanetary nebula in the Monoceros constellation....
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The Egg Nebula (also known as RAFGL 2688 and CRL 2688) is a bipolar protoplanetary nebula approximately 3,000 light-years away from Earth. Its peculiar...
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gas and dust. Astronomers have directly observed protoplanetary disks and brown dwarfs within the nebula, intense and turbulent motions of the gas, and...
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The Calabash Nebula, also known as the Rotten Egg Nebula or by its technical name OH 231.84 +4.22, is a protoplanetary nebula (PPN) 1.4 light years (13...
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The Boomerang Nebula (canonical name ) is a pulsar-wind bipolar reflection nebula located approximately 5,000 light-years from Earth in the constellation...
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Westbrook Nebula (CRL 618) is a bipolar protoplanetary nebula which is located in the constellation Auriga. It is being formed by a star that has passed...
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(DUst-Prominent Longitudinally-EXtended) protoplanetary nebula. The spherical ring structures around the nebula were created throughout the asymptotic giant...
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Low-Ionization Emission Region Nova remnant PG 1159 star (predegenerates) Protoplanetary nebula Supernova remnant White dwarf List of planetary nebulae Osterbrock...
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grapes, a sweet hybrid variety of table grape Cotton Candy Nebula, a protoplanetary nebula' Candyfloss (novel), a novel by Jacqueline Wilson Candy Floss...
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This is a list of protoplanetary nebulae. These objects represent the final stage before a planetary nebula. During this stage, the red giant star begins...
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contains more carbon than oxygen Protoplanetary nebula – Nebula surrounding a dying star Planetary nebula – Type of emission nebula created by dying red giants...
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IRAS 20068+4051 (category Protoplanetary nebulae)
IRAS 20068+4051 is a protoplanetary nebula in the constellation Cygnus. It has not yet become a complete planetary nebula, and it is still in the short-lived...
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Nebular hypothesis (redirect from Solar nebula theory)
years to form, with the protoplanetary disk evolving into a planetary system over the next 10–100 million years. The protoplanetary disk is an accretion...
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Pedunculopontine nucleus Principal protected note, an investment contract Protoplanetary nebula Parameterized post-Newtonian formalism, for calculations on gravity...
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these wavelengths. Emission nebula Reflection nebula Astronomical object H I region Planetary nebula Protoplanetary nebula Astronomical spectroscopy Interstellar...
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IRAS 19024+0044 (category Protoplanetary nebulae)
IRAS 19024+0044, also known informally as the Starfish Nebula, is a large protoplanetary nebula that is located in the constellation Aquila at a distance...
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IRAS 22036+5306 (category Protoplanetary nebulae)
J22053028+5321327, is a protoplanetary nebula located in the constellation Cepheus at approximately ~6,500 light-years from Earth. The nebula was created by the...
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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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The Water Lily Nebula, in the southern constellation of Ara, is a pre-planetary nebula also known as IRAS 16594-4656, in the process of developing to...
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Owl Nebula in Ursa Major. It was discovered by William Herschel in 1788. NGC 6751, also known as the Glowing Eye, is a planetary nebula. The nebula is...
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NGC 7027 (redirect from Magic Carpet Nebula)
thought to be a protoplanetary nebula with the central star too cool to ionize any of the gas, but it is now known to be a planetary nebula in the earliest...
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The Frosty Leo Nebula is a protoplanetary nebula (PPN) located roughly at 3000 light-years away from Earth in the direction of the constellation Leo....
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Roberts 22 (category Protoplanetary nebulae)
Roberts 22 is a protoplanetary nebula in the southern constellation Carina, located about 2,000 parsecs (6,500 lightyears) from Earth. A 12th magnitude...
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Orion Nebula Ricci, L.; et al. (2008). "The Hubble Space Telescope/Advanced Camera for Surveys Atlas of Protoplanetary Disks in the Great Orion Nebula". Astronomical...
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the Sun's larger gravity. It includes fission in a protoplanetary nebula and excludes a solar nebula. Agglomerations of floccules, which are presumed to...
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Formation and evolution of the Solar System (redirect from Solar Nebula)
Nebula was Like a Blender". The Planetary Society. Retrieved 2007-01-02. B. G. Elmegreen (1979). "On the disruption of a protoplanetary disc nebula by...
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The Flame Nebula, designated as NGC 2024 and Sh2-277, is an emission nebula in the constellation Orion. It is about 1350 light-years away. At that distance...
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