how do you tell the difference between two nebulas?

Question

This is a hypotehetical question for a game. If your in a ship and you can't see how to get out or where you are, how do you tell which nebula you are in? Would it be from the consistency of the gases or the particles or what?

Answer 1

Actually you could see right through the nebula. Nebulae are extremely thin and much clearer than the air on clearest day on Earth. The only reason we can see them at all is that they are trillions of miles thick. It wouldn't be like the movies at all, where the space ship is hidden in a dense fog, it would be more like space looking clear but the stars appearing somewhat dimmer. So you could just triangulate on a number of known stars outside the nebula to determine your position.

Answer 2

I would imagine that, if you knew enough about the two nebulae to be able to distinguish them, and your sensors were good enough, the sensors would be able to distinguish them due to the locations of star-generating pockets of gases, and the general distribution of gases and dust in the nebula.

Answer 3

nebulas consist of the gases they are made up of, the objects in or near them, the age, the consistency of gases, the density of gases, temperature of gases, and many other factors.

Answer 4

Graviton emissions would vary

Answer 5

it would depend on where it is the sky or what coler it is and stuff so its not that hard to tell