The Lagoon Nebula featured as Nasa’s astronomy picture of the day was photographed by John Nemcik using various filters to capture the light emitted by the Hydrogen, Sulfur, and Oxygen. While photographed showing beautiful vibrant, eye-catching colors, the Nebula would appear naturally appear gray to human eye due to poor color sensitivity existing at low-light levels (spacetelescope.org). The Lagoon Nebula is home to the formation of new stars, as well as several other interesting phenomena such
Orion Nebula The Orion Nebula contains one of the brightest star clusters in the night sky. With a magnitude of 4, this nebula is easily visible from the Northern Hemisphere during the winter months. It is surprising, therefore, that this region was not documented until 1610 by a French lawyer named Nicholas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc. On March 4, 1769, Charles Messier inducted the Orion Nebula, M42, into his list of stellar objects. Then, in 1771, Messier released his list of objects for its
In 1610, two years after the invention of the telescope, the Orion Nebula, which looks like a star to the naked eye, was discovered by a scholar named Nicolas-Claude Fabri Peiresc. In 1656 Christan Huygens, the Dutch scholar and scientist, using his own greatly improved instruments, was the first to describe the inner region of the nebula, and to determine that its inner star is not single but a compact quadruple system. Early 18th-century observational astronomers gave high priority to comet seeking
Nebulae are cosmic clouds of dust and gas floating in space. The word nebula is Latin and means cloud. Originally the word nebula referred to any extended astronomical object, not including comets, planets, or satellites. But over time the word nebula became reduced to mean interstellar cloud of dust and gas. Calling it that does not do a nebula justice. Most nebulae are commonly made up of hydrogen and helium gasses, dust, and plasma. Nebulae are the building blocks of our universe; they contain
One thing us as humans have never been able to fully understand is astronomy. Always having an unexplained mystery, astronomy also has served as a way to keep time and predict the future. The word “astronomy” is defined as the study of heavenly bodies, meaning anything in the sky such as stars, galaxies, comets, planets, nebulae, and so on. Many people, if not everyone, is amazed by the night sky on a clear, moonless night. Astronomy dates back to ancient times when peoples such as the Babylonians
Crab Nebula Looking up at the night sky you see stars lying on a never-ending dark blanket. It is within this “blanket”, called the interstellar medium, that new stars are formed. The interstellar medium consists of 99% gas and about 1% dust particles. Hydrogen is the predominant gas in both atomic and molecular forms. While being the place where stars are born, the interstellar medium also creates beautiful nebulae. A reflection nebula is created when light from a nearby star reflects from the
Investigating the History of the Universe and the Big Bang Theory The Big Bang theory is a theory that states that the universe originated as a single mass, which subsequently exploded. The entire universe was once all in a hot and dense ball, but about 20 million years ago, it exploded. This explosion hurled material all over the place and all mater and space was created at that point in time. The gas that was hurled out cooled and became our stellar system. A red shift is a shift towards longer
My Favorite APOD Nebula Images There are numerous mysteries contained within the Cosmos that have yet to fully be analyzed and appreciated. The unique events that transpire within the Universe everyday are unbelievably remarkable and captivating. Hidden within the immense ocean of stars we see every night lays an even more incredible spectacle in the form of Nebulae. The paragraphs that ensue will delve into the creation of Nebulae, and the many intriguing aspects of the most visually appealing amongst
Planetary Nebula. The name came from a man called William Herschel. He called the sphere shaped clouds a planetary nebula because it is round just like a planet is. The word Nebula comes from the latin word Nebulae or Nebulas which means cloud. This paper will also consist of different information about the stars and life “cycle” of the stars. A Planetary Nebula is formed when a star's outer layers are blown off and they expand into space which would soon form the Nebula. A Nebula is the shape
Many discoveries in our vast universe can be attributed to amateur astronomers. I remember my first time discovering the moon with a simple telescope. Dr. William Huggins is what we can call an amateur. He is by far one of the wealthiest “amateurs” and influential astronomers of his time. Sir William Huggins was born in Stoke Newington, England on Feb. 7, 1824. Dr. William was born into a wealthy family and spent most of his time not having to work. He took advantage of this and worked with private
The Life Cycle of Our Star Nebula What is a nebula? A nebula is the birth of a new star. Cloud of gas and dust in space. Mostly made up of Hydrogen and Helium. The cause of a nebula has come from a huge collapse of gas, also known as Interstellar Medium. A nebula’s lifecycle is less than 1 million years old before they burst into a supernova. Because of gravity Nebula forms a star Protostar Giant clouds form around a star that creates pressure--nebula. Differences in temperature create a gravitational
grew when Delisle refused to announce another discovery of Messier’s in 1760. Afterward, Delisle’s attitude toward Messier changed immensely. Delisle supported Messier and let Messier do observational work on his own. Messier documented his second nebula, M2 recorded by Jean-Dominique Maraldi and plotted it on the chart he made earlier with comet Halley. Messier examined the transit of Venus of June 6, 1761, the appearance of Saturn’s rings, and comet 1762 from May to July in 1762. On September 28
Born in Germany as Friedrich Wilhelm Herschel, it wasn’t until his was 30 when he discovered what his true passion was. One night while he was looking at the night sky with his sister Caroline, he discovered Uranus and several of moons around other gas giants. While he was alive, he compiled a catalogue of 2,500 celestial objects that are still being used in today’s society. While in his early life he mainly studied music with his sister. His sister, Caroline was the first women to discover a comet
star (“Taurus” Top Astronomer; “Taurus Constellation”). Within Taurus, you can see many objects within the area of the constellation. Some of these objects are nebulas, stars and star clusters. One object within Taurus is the Crab Nebula, or Messier 1. It is a “pulsar wind nebula, or plerion” (“Taurus Constellation”). The Crab Nebula that i... ... middle of paper ... ... Signs." Metta. N.p., n.d. Web. 16 Feb. 2014. . Dolan, Chris. "Taurus." Taurus. Astro.wisc.edu, n.d. Web. 5 Feb. 2014.
the Orion Nebula, also known as M42 or NGC 1976, lies in one of the most recognisable constellations in the night sky. It is a part of the larger Orion Nebula Cluster which at the age of roughly 3 million years old it lies a mere 1,344 lightyears away with a diameter of 14 lightyears [Scally, Clarke, Mccaughrean, 2005]. A nebula is a cloud of gas and dust [Oxford Dictionary, 2016] where either new stars are born or dead stars remain. The Orion Nebula is both an emission and reflection nebula, known
Solar System. The same theory was later advanced by the French Mathematician Pierre-Simon Laplace. Both of them had come up with the theory that the Sun and planets were condensed from a Nebula, which since then has been supported from data that more powerful spectrometers and telescopes have collected. A Nebula is an exploded star that has exhausted its nuclear fuel, and science since then has proven that the material from these exploded stars can turn into planets. Process in which this happens
I have chosen this topic because I myself did not know much about Nebulas and Galaxies; I thought to myself, “It wouldn’t hurt to learn something new.” So, then I decided to write and read about nebulas and galaxies. There are things you may not know about galaxies and nebulas. You may have also thought of questions like, “why are nebulas and galaxies even important to your existence?”, or questions like, “how do they form?” There are many more questions and I might just answer most of your questions
A nebula is a space dust that appears as a hazy bright, colorful patch in the sky. The Orion Nebula goes way back from millions of years ago and is made up of mostly hydrogen, but also helium, carbon, nitrogen, and oxygen (Wiley 1). The Orion Nebula is also known as M42, Messier 42, and NGC 1976 (Ivan P. 1). Even though the Orion Nebula may have a giant black hole in the middle of it, The Orion Nebula is still the brightest nebulae because it can be seen with the naked eye during certain times of
Solar nebula is a rotating flattened disk of gas and dust in which the outer part of the disk became planets while the center bulge part became the sun. Its inner part is hot, which is heated by a young sun and due to the impact of the gas falling on the disk during its collapse. However, the outer part is cold and far below the freezing point of water. In the solar nebula, the process of condensation occurs after enough cooling of solar nebula and results in the formation into a disk. Condensation