The following is an incomplete list of known planetary nebulae. 1888? ^ a b c d e f g Table entries are sourced from the individual articles, where available, for each nebula. Please see the …

Mar 7, 2023 · This image shows the Vela pulsar wind nebula. Light blue represents X-ray polarization data from NASA’s Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer. Pink and purple colors …

Dec 20, 2015 · Sometimes oxygen and emission lines from other elements contribute. The true color of hydrogen emission nebulae is blue, purple, pink to magenta, and red depending on …

A new composite of the Crab Nebula with Chandra (blue and white), Hubble (purple), and Spitzer (pink) data has been released. The star that exploded to create the Crab Nebula was …

Mar 14, 2018 · The latest image of the Crab is a composite with X-rays from Chandra (blue and white), NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope (purple) and NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope (pink).

Mar 8, 2022 · NGC 7662 is Andromeda’s brightest planetary nebula and sports a simple and visually accurate moniker: the Blue Snowball. At 2,200 light-years away, it is an easy …

Feb 5, 2022 · One of the images NASA shared on its recent Instagram post was a streak of purple lightning that sprawls across the cosmos from a stellar corpse. The space agency explained …

Feb 12, 2025 · In this image, the X-ray wind and gas takes the shape of a massive purple and pink bouquet with an extended central flower, or perhaps a leaf from a maple tree. The hazy, …

A swirling vortex of gas and dust in shades of pink, purple, and blue. Image Credit: NASA. Towering columns of interstellar gas and dust in the Eagle Nebula. Image Credit: NASA. A …

Mar 12, 2023 · Light blue represents X-ray polarization data from NASA’s Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer. Pink and purple colors correspond to data from NASA’s Chandra X-Ray …