Nebulae, Part 2
37 entries in the Nebulae, Part 2 compendium.
Bok globuleDark nebulae where stars are born, often forming double or multiple systems.Andean dark constellationsDark nebulae form constellations in the Andean Milky Way.Barnard 30A dark cloud in the Lambda Orionis ring with young stars.Barnard 68A dark nebula on the verge of gravitational collapse into a star.Barnard 175A cometary Bok globule with a supernova remnant and Herbig-Haro object.Barnard 203Dark nebula in Perseus with multiple protostars and outflows.Barnard 335A Bok globule with a young protostar and episodic accretion.BHR 71A Bok globule with a binary protostar and colliding outflows.Camelopardalis dark regionA dark, star-forming complex in the outer Orion Arm.CG 4A cometary globule with a dusty head and faint tail.Coalsack NebulaA dark nebula visible as a patch in the Milky Way.Cone NebulaA dark absorption nebula in front of a faint emission nebula.Dark Horse (astronomy)A large dark nebula resembling a horse silhouette in Ophiuchus.Elephant's Trunk NebulaA dark globule in Cepheus, site of triggered star formation.Horsehead NebulaA dark nebula shaped like a horse's head in Orion.IC 1396Emission nebula in Cepheus, illuminated by massive star HD 206267.Kleinmann–Low NebulaThe brightest component of the OMC-1 Complex.LDN 1641A dark cloud in Orion with over a thousand young stellar objects.Orion Molecular CloudsStar-forming filament cloud behind the Orion Nebula, divided into four regions.Rho Ophiuchi cloud complexOne of the closest star-forming regions to the Solar System.Sh 2-82A compact star-forming nebula with emission and reflection components.Taurus molecular cloudPossibly the nearest large star formation region, rich in complex molecules.YakanaCentral Andean dark constellation embodying the protective spirit of llamas.IC 5146A stellar nursery with a dark nebula tail in Cygnus.Iris NebulaA reflection nebula with fullerenes and complex filamentary structures.NGC 2080A star-forming nebula with two ghostly white patches.IC 2944An open cluster with emission nebula featuring Bok globules.Clamshell NebulaEmission nebula in Cygnus with a clamshell shape.Cygnus X (star complex)A massive star formation region behind the Cygnus Rift.DR 21A massive star-forming molecular cloud in Cygnus.Dragonfish NebulaA massive emission nebula shaped like a deep-sea dragonfish.Extended emission-line regionGiant ionized clouds revealing past or present AGN activity.Flame NebulaEmission nebula in Orion with a young, obscured star cluster.Gum NebulaOne of the largest known nebulae in the Milky Way.IC 434Emission nebula in Orion, silhouetting the Horsehead Nebula.IC 2118A faint blue reflection nebula shaped like a witch's head.IRAS 17163−3907A yellow hypergiant star nicknamed the Fried Egg Nebula.
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