Nebula

calculations, Messier was searching in the wrong patch of sky. In 1758, he discovered a fuzzy patch in the constellation of Taurus. After his repeat observation of the patch, and noticing that it had not moved. The nebula became his first entry in his catalog which he names Messier 1 or Crab Nebula. The second object in his catalog was M2, this nebula was discovered by another astronomer but had not been documents. After his third nebula was discovered, Messier gave himself the task to search the skies and document the nebula do other astronomers would not be confused the nebula with comets. In a seven month period, he had added 38 more objects to his catalog. By 1787, Messier had one hundred and three nebulae as part of his catalog forty of which he discovered himself (Redd).…

On a clear and dark night from a position with low levels of pollution, the Andromeda Galaxy can be easily observed in the sky by the unaided eye, even though it is about 2.5 million light-years away from Earth. The unaided eye, however, can only perceive the galaxy as a whole and is unable to distinguish features within the galaxy. Luckily, microscopes combined with the intellect of many bright astronomers over the years have allowed us to better understand what the human eye cannot see, in…

A Nebula is a cloud of hydrogen in space. This is the beginning of the life cycle of stars. Stellar Nebulae are what create the stars, but there are other types. One type is a Emission Nebula, an example of this would be the Orion Nebula, this type glows brightly because the gas in it absorbs energy from the stars that have already formed within it. Another type of Nebulae is a Reflection Nebula. Starlight will reflect on the grains of dust in the nebula, giving it the name Reflection Nebula.…

The Orion Nebula (Messier 42, M 42, or NGC 1976) is a “diffuse” nebula positioned in the Milky Way and it is located in the south of Orion’s Belt in the constellation of Orion. The first person to discover Orion Nebula is Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc in 1610. It is seen to the naked eye at night and it is the brightest nebulae. The distance between the Earth and Orion Nebula is 1,344 +or- 20 light years. It is 2000 times the mass of the sun and referred as the Great Nebula in Orion or the…

“And down you go, Dr. Nebula!” My imaginary best friend Emily and I shouted, watching my arch-nemesis fade into the darkness. This was the resolution of the latest of my grand adventures with Emily, in which we plotted our escape from Dr. Nebula’s evil lair of brussels sprouts and malevolent bumper cars. We began by acquiring knowledge; we scoured the Library of Evil on a treacherous adventure to locate books on Dr. Nebula’s weaknesses. Then, we armed ourselves with the magic of kindness,…

M. Alqadhi Dr. Bret Lehmer Investigating the Possible Suggested Binary System of the Cat’s Eye Nebula (NGC 6543) Introduction and Background In 1764, Messier observed an intriguing celestial object that is known today as the Dumbbell Nebula or M27 as Messier named it in his catalogue of unclear nebulous objects. As many other similar objects were observed, astronomer noticed their similarity to the disk of a planet and that explains the reason behind their name, Planetary Nebulae (PNe).…

V. The Cat’s Eye Nebula One of the most famous nebulae is the Cat’s Eye Nebula (NGC-6543); it was discovered by William Herschel in 1786. NGC-6543 is located in the northern constellation of Draco; it appears as a blooming center with surrounding and expanding rings. The NGC-6543 has a historical importance because it was the first nebula to be studied spectroscopically by the astronomer William Huggins in 1864; this study revealed the distinctions between PNe and the other gaseous nebulae.…

Omega Centauri and Tarantula Nebula As opposed to the more short lived and less dense colonies of young stars that group up to create open clusters, globular clusters exist as far greater, spherical collections of aged stars that contain many low mass stars, sometimes numbering among the thousands. Globular clusters are more commonly found among a galaxy’s centre where the vast majority of stars are. It is thought that globular clusters arise from large gas clouds early in the creation of our…

The most famous celestial bond, except for the rings of Saturn, is the Ring Nebula or also known as M57. The Ring Nebula is 2,000 light years away and as seen on Earth the nebula looks like a donut-like ring wrapped around the middle of a football shaped cloud of glowing gas. It’s about one light year across and the glowing light the Ring Nebula produces is not coming from the planets but rather from the hot central star ionizes atoms in the gas forming intense ultraviolent light. As seen…

Stellar Nebula : This is a cloud full of superheated gases. They range in size from millions of miles across to hundreds of light years across. This Nebula appears larger but is barely visible in the sky. Some Nebulas can be seen with a naked eye, this one can not because it does not glow as bright as others. This star isn’t as bright as others because it is larger. …