The 10 Most Spectacular Nebulae in the Universe

carrizmex (39)in #steemstem • 7 years ago

The Nebulas: The word nebulous comes from the Latin nebulae and means cloud. As its name says, nebulae are clouds of dust and interstellar gas; they are the passage that exists between life and death in the Universe. On the one hand, they are the birthplace of stars and, on the other hand, nebulae are formed from a supernova that is the explosion that occurs when stars die.

With its fantastic appearance, which inevitably dazzles us, there are millions of them in our cosmos and, the name of this mass of cosmic celestial matter, diffuse and luminous, derived from its cloud aspect.

The 10 Most beautiful nebulae in the Universe:

10.- Nebula of the ant
This happened due to the explosion of a star like the Sun and it is believed that its symmetrical shape is due to the fact that the star in the center of the nebula exerts a large gravitational force on the cosmic dust.

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9.- Hourglass nebula
It is believed that the shape of the Hourglass Nebula is due to the very rapid expansion of the stellar wind over a slower expanding cloud that is denser near its equator than near its poles.

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8.- Horse head nebula Also known as Bernard 33. It was discovered in 1888 by Williamina Fleming; It is one of the first nebulae found by man.

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7.- Witch's Head Nebula
It is 700 light years from the earth and is famous for its shape that resembles the head of a witch.

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6.- Nebula of the black widow

10,000 light years from Earth in the Circinus constellation; famous for its resemblance to a spider.

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5.- Orion Nebula
It is the main center of star formation of the Milky Way, is composed mainly of hydrogen and is the only nebula that can be seen with the naked eye.

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4.- The crab nebula
This nebula was formed by the explosion of a star in 1054. Several documents from ancient China say that at night you could see a very bright area for several weeks due to this explosion.

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3.- Butterfly nebula
It has an extremely hot star in the center, which illuminates all the cosmic dust around it; It is estimated that the surface temperature is 25 thousand degrees centigrade.

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2.- Cat eye nebula
Many astronomers believe that our solar system will have an image similar to this one in about 5 billion years after the Sun's explosion.

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1.- Nebula the pillars of creation
The pillars of creation are one of the most famous photos in the universe; It shows three columns of dust and cosmic gases with an extension of 7 light years.