Nebulae

King City Astronomy 1Class 4

Zoe Buck

The Most Important Things about NEBULAE

• The word nebula means cloud, and describes anything we see in space that looks like a cloud

• The nebulae where stars are formed are ionized regions of molecular clouds known as “stellar nurseries”

• Planetary nebulae have nothing to do with planets, but are actually stellar remnants- the remains of a dying, medium sized star

• Some nebulae are supernovae remnants, left over after a star dies violently in a supernova explosion

STELLAR NURSERIES

PLANETARY NEBULAE

SUPERNOVAE REMNANTS

The Most Important Things about NEBULAE

• The word nebula means cloud, and describes anything we see in space that looks like a cloud

• The nebulae where stars are formed are ionized regions of molecular clouds known as “stellar nurseries”

• Planetary nebulae have nothing to do with planets, but are actually stellar remnants- the remains of a dying, medium sized star

• Some nebulae are supernovae remnants, left over after a star dies violently in a supernova explosion