NEBULA
AND ITS TYPE
Presented by:
Avegaile Grace T. Manango
BSED Sciences 2A
What is Nebula?
Today's Closest Nebula to Earth
Agenda
Classifications of Nebula
Kinds of Nebula
Types Emission Nebula
Objectives
At the end of the lesson, the students should be able to:
1. define what is Nebula
2. identify the classifications of Nebula based on there color
3. differentiate the three (3) major kinds of Nebula
4. identify the types of Emission Nebula
NEBULA
Brief introduction
a relatively dense cloud of
interstellar gas and dust.
HTTPS://[Link]/CONTENTS/MEDIA/IMAGES/2006/0
1/[Link]
Helix Nebula
(NGC 7293)
The closest known nebula to Earth , it is
approximately 700 light-years away from
Earth.
Located in the constellation Aquarius.
The Helix's actual diameter is about 2.5
light-years.
It is the remnant of a dying star.
CREDIT: NASA/JPL-CALTECH/UNIV. OF ARIZONA
Nebulae can be classified into
two types based on their
appearance: dark nebulae and
bright nebulae.
DARK NEBULAE BRIGHT NEBULAE
Dark nebulae appear as Bright nebulae appear as
irregularly shaped black faintly luminous glowing
patches in the sky, surfaces that either emit their
obscuring the light of the own light or reflect the light
stars beyond them. of nearby stars. It includes
Emission and Reflection
Nebula
Nebulae can be classified into two types
based on their SHAPE:
DIFFUSE nebulae and SPHERICAL nebulae.
DIFFUSE NEBULAE SPHERICAL NEBULAE
it is a large, extended clouds of gas and dust it is roughly spherical shaped. They
that form irregular shapes. These nebulae frequently formed by the ejection of
can be formed by the interaction of gas and material from a dying star. The
dust with nearby stars or by other physical example of this is Planetary Nebula
processes such as shock waves. Diffuse and Supernova Remnant.
nebulae include Emission, Reflection, and
Dark nebulae.
3 MAJOR KINDS
OF NEBULA
1. Emission Nebulae
Also called as H II regions, (where H=
neutral Hydrogen; H II is ionized).
It is produced when a hot star excites
the gas near it to produce emission
spectrum. The stars must be hotter
than about spectral type B1 (25, 000 K).
EAGLE NEBULA DISCOVER MORE
HTTPS://[Link]/IMAGES/EAGLE-NEBULA-VISIBLE
TYPES OF EMISSION NEBULA:
1.1 Planetary Nebula
a type of bright nebula
composed of expanding shells
of luminous gas ejected by
dying stars.
DISCOVER MORE
RING NEBULA
HTTPS://[Link]/IMAGES/RING-NEBULA
TYPES OF EMISSION NEBULA:
1.2 Supernova Remnant
Supernova remnants are clouds of
gas expanding at hundreds or even
thousands of kilometers per second
from recent explosions of massive
stars.
DISCOVER MORE
CRAB NEBULA
HTTPS://[Link]/IMAGES/CRAB-NEBULA
3 MAJOR KINDS OF NEBULA
2. Reflection
Nebulae
Produced when light is scattered
by tiny dust particles mixed in
with the dust.
DISCOVER MORE
M78 NEBULA
HTTPS://[Link]/IMAGES/M78-A-BLUE-REFLECTION-NEBULA
3 MAJOR KINDS OF NEBULA
3. Dark Nebulae
At visual wavelengths, dark
nebulae are visible where
dense cloud of gas and dust
are silhouetted against
background regions filled with
stars or bright nebulae
DISCOVER MORE
HORSEHEAD NEBULA
HTTPS://[Link]/IMAGES/THE-HORSEHEAD-NEBULA
Thank you for
listening!
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