Our Universe
2007-11-19 08:44:13 · 5 answers · asked by HiramRajKamal 4 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
NASA - Iridescent Glory of Nearby Planetary Nebula
... 650 light-years away, the Helix is one of the nearest planetary nebulae to Earth. A planetary nebula is the glowing gas around a dying, Sun-like star. ...
2007-11-19 08:58:01 · answer #1 · answered by Queen of Pentacles 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Nearest Nebula
2016-11-05 00:00:20 · answer #2 · answered by leinen 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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Well a nebula is a composition of large amounts of gas, and they do not act as one entity in general relativity as they aren't part of the same mass and aren't attracted heavily to each other. So it would be unlikely for a planet to be 'orbiting' a nebula. But there are stars in nebulae, nebulae are where stars are 'born'.
2016-04-03 21:00:13 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, it depends what you mean by Nebula. The dark cloud L134 is only about 300 lightyears away, and has some not-very-interesting-looking nebulosity associated with it. The Taurus molecular clouds are a little more distant, and have lots of little glowing patches and reflection nebulae, nothing very spectacular.
The Great Nebula in Orion is not all that far away (1400 light years) and is about as spectacular as they come.
2007-11-19 10:46:39 · answer #4 · answered by cosmo 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Helix nebula is also known as the Eye of God....
http://apod.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap960417.html
http://www.google.com/search?q=helix+nebula&rls=com.microsoft:en-us&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&startIndex=&startPage=1
2007-11-19 10:14:08 · answer #5 · answered by meanolmaw 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋