Diffuse nebula image Image PelicanHunterWilson09.jpg 250px caption PelicanNebula IC5070 and IC5067 name PelicanNebula type Emission epoch J2000.0 ra 20 sup h sup 50 sup m sup 48.0 sup s sup dec 44 20&prime 60.0 dist ly 1,800 light year ly appmag v 8.0 size v 60 degree angle x 50 degree angle constellation Cygnus constellation Cygnus radius ly absmag v notes names IC5070 and IC5067, Sharpless catalog Sharpless 117 The PelicanNebula also known as IC5070 and IC5067 ref name apod20111126 cite web url http apod.nasa.gov apod astropix.html title Astronomy Picture of the Day PelicanNebula Close up last Nemiroff first Robert coauthors Jerry Bonnell date 2011 November 26 quote designated IC 5067 accessdate 26 November 2011 ref is an H II region associated with the North America Nebula in the constellation Cygnus constellation Cygnus . The gaseous contortions of this emission nebula bear a resemblance to a pelican , giving rise to its name ref name apod20111126 . The PelicanNebula is located nearby first magnitude star Deneb , and is divided from its more prominent neighbour, the North America Nebula, by a molecular cloud filled with dark cosmic dust dust . The Pelican is much studied because it has a particularly active mix of star formation and evolving gas clouds. The light from young energetic stars is slowly transforming cold gas to hot and causing an ionization front gradually to advance outward. Particularly dense filaments of cold gas are seen to still remain, and among these are found ... from now this nebula might no longer be known as the Pelican, as the balance and placement of stars ... PelicanNebula Close up http apod.nasa.gov apod ap101218.html North America and the Pelican http ... IC 5067 in the PelicanNebula http apod.nasa.gov apod ap070920.html Northern Cygnus http www.atlasoftheuniverse.com ... America Nebula.jpg thumb left In the upper left of this image, the red region to the right is the Pelicannebula. See also North America Nebula References reflist Refimprove date December 2007 External ... more details
The Pelican can refer to The Boeing Pelican , a proposed ground effect fixed wing aircraft The Pelican film The Pelican film , a 1973 French film disambig ... more details
Other uses Taxobox name Pelican fossil range Oligocene Recent, fossilrange 30 0 image Pelican lakes entrance02.jpg image width 240px image caption Australian Pelican Pelecanus conspicillatus br audio Baby pelican.ogg Pelican chick regnum Animal ia phylum Chordate Chordata classis bird Aves ordo Pelecaniformes ... text Pelican s are large water bird s in the Family biology family Pelecanidae . The name is derived ... ranges extend to latitudes of 45 South Australian Pelican s in Tasmania and 60 North American White Pelican s in western Canada . ref name NSS Cite book last Nelson first J. Bryan coauthors Schreiber ... with mostly white adult plumage, which nest on the ground Australian Pelican Australian , Dalmatian Pelican Dalmatian , Great White Pelican Great White , and American White Pelican s , and those with grey or brown plumage, which nest in trees Pink backed Pelican Pink backed , Spot billed Pelican Spot billed , and Brown Pelican Brown , plus the Peruvian Pelican , which nests on sea rocks . The Peruvian Pelican is sometimes considered conspecific with the Brown Pelican. ref name NSS Evolution ... pelican reveals 30 million years of evolutionary stasis in beak morphology journal Journal of Ornithology ... mlikovsky lit 087 1995 Reichenbach1852.pdf accessdate ref The supposed Miocene pelican Liptornis from ... journal author Olson, Storrs L. year 1999 title A new species of pelican Aves Pelecanidae from the Lower ... File Brown Pelican on the Oceanside Pier.jpg right thumb Brown Pelican on Oceanside Pier in Oceanside, CA Pelicans are large birds with large pouched bills. The smallest is the Brown Pelican P. occidentalis ... Pelican P. crispus , at up to 15 kg 33 lb , 183 cm 72 in long, with a maximum wingspan of 3 meters nearly 10 foot . The Australian Pelican has the longest ... pelican in flight.jpg thumb right upright An Australian Pelican gliding with its large wings ... NSS Feeding File Pelecanus occidentalis Jamaica fishing 8.ogv right thumb thumbtime 2.5 Brown Pelican ... more details
PelicanNebula , an HII region located toward the constellation Cygnus Pelicans ice hockey , a Finnish ...wiktionary pelican A pelican is a bird of the family Pelecanidae . Pelican may also refer to tocright Places Pelican, Alaska , United States Pelican, Wisconsin , United States Pelican, New South Wales , Australia Transportation Ships Pelican , the former name of Sir Francis Drake s ship Golden Hind French ... P lican 1702 P lican 1702 , delivered pioneer women and yellow fever to Mobile in 1704 HMS Pelican , the name of many Royal Navy ships Pelican dinghy , a small sail boat class in Perth, Australia Pelican privateer Pelican privateer , a British privateer which sank in 1793 RV Pelican , a 116 ft 4 inch research vessel outfitted for a variety of oceanographic research missions FV Pelican , a fishing boat which capsized in 1951 off Montauk, New York Aircraft Air Est JCD 03 Pelican , motor glider Boeing Pelican , the large capacity low altitude transport aircraft currently being studied by the Boeing Phantom Works Sikorsky HH 3F Pelican , the US Coast Guard Search and Rescue helicopter Ultravia Pelican , ultralight aircraft Airlines Aeropelican Air Services , Australian airline Pelican Air Services , South African airline Train Pelican train , a named train of the Southern Railway which ran between New York City to New Orleans Media and arts Pelican band , a post metal band from Chicago, as well as Pelican EP Pelican EP , their self titled EP Pelican E.P , an EP from the Irish Post Rock band Tracer AMC Pelican, the lead single from the upcoming The Maccabees band Maccabees album, Given to the Wild Pelican Books, a non fiction imprint of Penguin Books Pelican magazine Pelican magazine ... novel Les Pelican by Raymond Radiguet Computing and video games Pelican HPC GNU Linux, a live CD image version of Linux that allows the setup of a high performance computing cluster also PelicanHPC Pelican, a dropship from the video game series Halo series Halo Pelican static weblog generator Pelican ... more details
Pelican Bay is the name of several places in the United States Pelican Bay, Florida Pelican Bay, Texas Pelican Bay State Prison , California Pelican Bay, Anguilla geodis it Pelican Bay nl Pelican Bay pl Pelican Bay pt Pelican Bay ... more details
Pelican Lake may refer to Lakes TOCright in Canada Ontario Pelican Lake Kenora District Pelican Lake Cochrane District, Ontario Manitoba Pelican Lake Manitoba in the United States Pelican Lake Minnesota Pelican Lake South Dakota Pelican Lake Oneida County, Wisconsin Places Pelican Lake Township, Minnesota Pelican Lake, Wisconsin Geodis ... more details
wiktionarypar nebula A nebula is a cloud of gas and dust in space. Nebula may also refer to TOCright Science fiction Nebula Award , a science fiction award Nebula Science Fiction , a British science fiction magazine of the 1950s Nebula class starship Nebula class starship , a starship class in the Star Trek universe Music Nebula band , a psychedelic rock band from the United States Nebula Records , a record label Nebula , a song by Incubus band Incubus Nebula album Nebula album , an album by Kelis Nebula , a song featuring Hatsune Miku Hatsune Miku by Tripshots composer Tripshots Other uses Nebula comics , a Marvel Comics super villainess Nebula computer game Nebula computer game , a 1984 ZX Spectrum game Nebula computing platform , a cloud computing platform by NASA Nebula moth Nebula moth , a moth genus Nebula design contest , a contest by Cosmic Circuits Nebula Device , an open source realtime 3D game engine Nebula Electronics , a DigiTV DVB T card manufacturer Nebula, a fictional organization in Mega Man Battle Network See also Nebulae computer , a supercomputer in the National Supercomputing Centre in Shenzhen, China Nebulous disambiguation Planetary nebula List of planetary nebulae disambig cs Nebula de Nebula es Nebula desambiguaci n fr Nebula hr Nebula he la Nebula ja no Nebula pt Nebula sk Nebula fi Nebula t smennyssivu tr Nebula anlam ayr m ... more details
Butterfly Nebula may refer to Planetary Nebula M2 9 NGC 6302 NGC 2346 Little Dumbbell Nebula SIA astronomical objects Category Nebulae ko ... more details
Pelican Island may refer to Australia Pelican Island Tasmania USA Pelican Island New Jersey Pelican Island Texas , near Galveston Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge , Florida Elsewhere Pelican Island, Antigua and Barbuda Pelican Island Barbados Pelican Island British Virgin Islands Pelican Island, an islet in Palmyra Atoll , part of the US Minor Islands Pelican Island Trinidad and Tobago geodis de Pelican Island ... more details
White Pelican may refer to Fauna American White Pelican , Pelecanus erythrorhynchos Great White Pelican , Pelecanus onocrotalus Other White Pelican Provincial Park , British Columbia, Canada disambig ... more details
Pelican Point may refer to South Australia Pelican Point, Adelaide , a point in South Australia Pelican Point Power Station , on the point Western Australia Pelican Point, Western Australia , a suburb of Bunbury Pelican Point Swan River Pelican Point Houtman Abrolhos , on West Wallabi Island geodis ... more details
Sixteen ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Pelican , after the pelican bird , while another was planned Golden Hind Pelican was an 18 gun privateer . She was part of Francis Drake Sir Francis ... that she was ever commissioned in the Royal Navy. English ship Pelican 1626 Pelican was a ship captured in 1626 and sold in 1629. English ship Pelican 1646 Pelican was a 10 gun ship in cavalier Royalist service between 1646 and 1648 during the English Civil War . English ship Pelican 1650 Pelican was a 38 gun ship launched in 1650 and burnt by accident in 1656. HMS Pelican 1757 HMS Pelican was a 16 ... and sold in 1763. HMS Pelican 1775 HMS Pelican was a 10 gun schooner , originally a French privateer ... in 1777 and sank in 1787. HMS Pelican 1777 HMS Pelican was a 24 gun sixth rate sclass Porcupine post ship launched in 1777. She foundered in 1781. HMS Pelican 1781 HMS Pelican was a 16 gun brig sloop ... HMS Emerald captured her in 1781 Pelican was sold in 1783. HMS Pelican 1795 HMS Pelican was an 18 gun sloop launched in 1795 and sold in 1806. French brig Voltigeur 1804 HMS Pelican was a 16 gun brig ... Pique and was sold in 1812. HMS Pelican 1812 HMS Pelican was an 18 gun Cruizer class brig sloop Cruizer ... WV 29 in 1863, finally being sold in 1865. HMS Pelican 1860 HMS Pelican was a wooden sclass Camelion ... . She was resold to the Portuguese Navy and renamed Infanta Dom Henrique . HMS Pelican 1877 HMS Pelican ... s Bay Company as a supply ship in 1901 and was scuttled in 1953. HMS Pelican 1906 HMS Pelican ... Navy in 1906. She was renamed HMS Petulant in 1916 and was sold in 1927. HMS Pelican 1916 HMS Pelican was an Admiralty M class destroyer M class destroyer launched in 1916 and sold in 1921 and broken up in 1924. HMS Pelican L86 HMS Pelican was an Egret class sloop Egret class sloop launched in 1938 and broken up in 1958. HMS Pelican was to have been a survey vessel , but she was cancelled in 1967. See also HMS Pelican Prize References reflist colledge Demerliac, Alain 1996 La Marine ... more details
Pelican Park can refer to Jim Spooner Field , Pensacola, Florida Pelican Park, a recreational park in St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana Pelican Park, former stadium of the New Orleans Pelicans baseball team in the early 20th century disambig ... more details
USS Pelican may refer to USS Pelican AM 27 , laid down 10 November 1917 at Gas Engine and Power Co., Morris Heights, New York USS Pelican AMS 32 , laid down as YMS 441 on 27 November 1943 by Robert Jacob Inc., City Island, New York USS Pelican MHC 53 , an Osprey class coastal mine hunters. USS Pelican ACM 27 , listed on the Wikipedia List of mine warfare vessels of the United States Navy minesweeper listing can not be found in a search of the Internet References DANFS Shipindex DEFAULTSORT Pelican Category United States Navy ship names de USS Pelican nl USS Pelican pl USS Pelican ... more details
Italic title Taxobox name Testudovolva nebula image image caption regnum Animal ia phylum Mollusca classis Gastropoda unranked superfamilia clade Caenogastropoda br clade Hypsogastropoda br clade Littorinimorpha superfamilia Cypraeoidea familia Ovulidae subfamilia Prionovolvinae genus Testudovolva subgenus species T. nebula binomial Testudovolva nebula binomial authority Azuma & Cate, 1971 synonyms ref ref name WoRMS synonyms Prionovolva nebula small Azuma & Cate, 1971 small Testudovolva nebula is a species of sea snail , a marine gastropod mollusk in the family biology family Ovulidae , the ovulids, cowry allies or false cowries. ref name WoRMS WRMS species 430570 Testudovolva nebula Azuma & Cate, 1971 WoRMS 2009 . Testudovolva nebula Azuma & Cate, 1971 . Accessed through World Register of Marine Species at nowiki http www.marinespecies.org aphia.php?p taxdetails&id 430570 nowiki on 5 June 2010 ref Description Empty section date June 2010 Distribution Empty section date June 2010 References reflist External links Use dmy dates date January 2011 DEFAULTSORT Testudovolva Nebula Category Ovulidae Ovulidae stub vi Testudovolva nebula ... more details
Image WilliamsNebula.jpg thumb alt Nebula Award upright Nebula Award for Best Novella for The Green Leopard Plague , by Walter Jon Williams The Nebula Award is given each year by the Science Fiction and Fantasy ... itself being a transparent block with an embedded glitter spiral nebula with gemstones cut to resemble ... of America title SFWA Presents 2006 Nebula Awards and Norton Award url http www.sfwa.org pressbook ... Starting with the 2009 awards, the Nebula Awards will move to a standard calendar year eligibility ... Prior to 2009, the Nebula Awards employed a rolling eligibility system. Each work was eligible ... eligibility, a work published one year could end up on the subsequent year s Nebula ballot, which ... upon by SFWA members in 2002. Special Nebula juries were permitted, but not required, to add one ... ballot. The 2007 Nebula Awards were announced on April 26, 2008, in Austin, Texas . ref name dmn1 cite news work Dallas Morning News title Nebula Awards puts Austin and Texas writers at center of science ... Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America title 2008 Nebula Awards Weekend to be held ... accessdate September 27, 2009 ref Lists of Nebula Award winners Nebula Award for Best Novel Nebula Award for Best Novella Nebula Award for Best Novelette Nebula Award for Best Short Story Nebula Award for Best Script Other awards presented at the Nebula ceremony Though not officially Nebula Awards, a number of other honors and awards are presented at the Nebula ceremony, though not necessarily every ... award, the Solstice can be presented posthumously. ref cite book title Nebula Awards Ceremony 2009 publisher SFWA date 2009 location Los Angeles, CA pages 13 ref See also Wikipedia Books Nebula Awards for Best Novel laureates Hugo Award List of joint winners of the Hugo and Nebula awards Nebula Winners Twelve Nebula Winners Thirteen The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, The Science Fiction Hall of Fame ... and footnotes reflist 2 External links http www.nebulaawards.com The Nebula Awards homepage ... more details
Refimprove date July 2010 Dark nebula image File ESO Horsehead Nebula.jpg 250px name Horsehead Nebula type dark nebula diffuse nebulae epoch J2000.0 ra 05 sup h sup 40 sup m sup 59.0 sup s sup dec 02 27 ... 33, br LDN 1630, M3T 31, br OS98 52 The Horsehead Nebula also known as Barnard 33 in emission nebula IC 434 is a dark nebula in the constellation Orion constellation Orion . ref Arnett, Bill. http astro.nineplanets.org twn b33x.html. Horsehead Nebula , 2000 ref The nebula is located just to the south ... larger Orion Molecular Cloud Complex . The nebula was first recorded in 1888 by Williamina Fleming on photographic plate B2312 taken at the Harvard College Observatory. The Horsehead Nebula is approximately ... or pinkish glow originates from hydrogen gas predominantly behind the nebula, ionized by the nearby ... the lower part of the Horsehead s neck casts a shadow to the left. Streams of gas leaving the nebula are funneled by a strong magnetic field . Bright spots in the Horsehead Nebula s base are young stars just in the process of forming. The nebula exhibits a noticeable change in the density of the stars ... of the nebula emerges from the gaseous complex to serve as an active site of the formation of low mass ... im0057.html. ref The dark cloud of dust and gas is a region in the Orion Nebula where star formation ... molecules. The region of the Orion Nebula containing the Horsehead is a stellar nursery. The darkness of the massive nebula is not explained by this dust and gas, but by the complex blocking the light ... 793 822 ref . The heavy concentrations of dust in the Horsehead Nebula region and neighbouring Orion Nebula are localized, resulting in sections of almost complete transparency. ref Morgan, W.W., Loden ... angle view of the nebula with large gaseous clouds off to the side gallery See also Nebulae in fiction Horsehead Nebula Horsehead Nebula in fiction References reflist External links Commonscat inline Horsehead Nebula http www.glyphweb.com esky nebulae ic434.html The Horsehead Nebula The Electronic Sky ... more details
Infobox diffuse nebula image Image Rosette nebula Lanoue.png 300px caption The Rosette Nebula H Alpha name Rosette Nebula type Emission nebula Emission epoch J2000.0 ra RA 06 33 45 ref name simbad cite ... angle constellation Monoceros radius ly 65 ly absmag v notes Multipart nebula names SH 2 275, ref name simbad CTB 21, ref name simbad Caldwell catalogue Caldwell 49 The Rosette Nebula also known ... associated with the nebulosity, the star s of the cluster having been formed from the nebula ... region Also used to denote whole nebula NGC 2238 Part of the nebulous region NGC 2239 Part of the nebulous region Discovered by John Herschel NGC 2244 The open cluster within the nebula Discovered by John Flamsteed in 1690 NGC 2246 Part of the nebulous region The cluster and nebula lie at a distance ... roughly 130 light years in diameter. The radiation from the young stars excite the atom s in the nebula, causing them to emit radiation themselves producing the emission nebula we see. The mass of the nebula ... formation in the nebula. This star formation is currently still ongoing. A survey of the nebula ... of the Rosette Nebula. These stars have heated the surrounding gas to a temperature in the order of 6 million kelvin s causing them to emit copious amounts of X rays . Observing the Rosette Nebula The cluster of stars is visible in binoculars and quite well seen in small telescope s while the nebula ... pollution dark site is a must to see it. Photography Photographically the Rosette Nebula is easier ... Gallery Image Rosette nebula 09 01 2005.jpeg Image Rosette nebula s.jpg Image Redrosedust wright f2000.jpg A close up view of the Rosette Nebula File AAA Best Rosette sml.jpg Gallery References Reflist External links http www.seds.org messier xtra ngc n2244.html Rosette Nebula SEDS http chandra.harvard.edu press 01 releases press 090601wind.html Chandra Observatory study of the Rosette Nebula ... Nebula http www.nightskyinfo.com archive rosette nebula NightSkyInfo.com Rosette Nebula Astronomy ... more details
about the nebula Hourglass disambiguation Planetary nebula image File MyCn18 crop.png 200px caption Hubble Space Telescope image of the Hourglass Nebula name Hourglass Nebula type ??? epoch J2000 ra RA 13 39 35.116 ref name simbad cite web title SIMBAD Astronomical Database work Results for PN MyCn 18 url http simbad.u strasbg.fr Simbad accessdate 2006 12 22 ref dec DEC 67 22 51.45 ref name simbad dist ly 1 E19 m 8 light year kly 2.5 parsec kpc Citation needed date February 2007 appmag v 13.0 ref ... Engraved Hourglass Nebula, ref name simbad br Etched Hourglass Nebula, ref name simbad br PN MyCn 18 ref name simbad The Engraved Hourglass Nebula also known as MyCn 18 is a young planetary nebula situated ... faint planetary nebula. Much improved telescopes and imaging techniques allowed the hourglass shape of the nebula to be discovered by Raghvendra Sahai and John Trauger of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory .... The Hourglass Nebula was photographed by the Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 of the Hubble Space Telescope . A less famous Hourglass Nebula is located inside the Lagoon Nebula . Hourglass Nebula in popular culture The Hourglass Nebula was featured on the cover of the April 1997 issue of National Geographic magazine National Geographic . The nebula s unique appearance led the magazine s editors ..., and it seemed that the eye of God was staring back. The Hourglass Nebula also serves as the front cover for Pearl Jam s 2000 album Binaural album Binaural . The Hourglass Nebula appears in the popular game, Final Doom . The Hourglass Nebula appears on a poster in the CERN laboratory in the film Angels & Demons film Angels & Demons . The Hourglass Nebula appears extensively, and is used as a major ... Nebula appears in the video games titled Mass Effect 2 and Mass Effect 3 as one of the clusters ... . See also Nebulae in fiction Hourglass Nebula Hourglass Nebula in fiction . References div class ... an Hourglass Nebula around a Dying Star . Press release Space Telescope Science Institute . January ... more details
File Planetary Nebula M2 9.jpg thumb Planetary Nebula M2 9 , otherwise known as the Twin Jet Nebula or the Wings of a Butterfly Nebula , is a good example of a bipolar or two lobed nebula. A bipolar nebula ..., but not all, planetary nebula e exhibit an observed bipolar structure. It may be that the two types of nebulae are directly related, one preceding or superseding the other in the evolution of the nebula ... Homunculus Nebula around Eta Carinae ref http hubblesite.org newscenter newsdesk archive releases 1996 ... Eta Carinae Nebula NGC 3372 . Daviddarling.info 2007 02 01 . Retrieved on 2010 11 26. ref Hubble ... Images ref M2 9 The Planetary Nebula M2 9 Wings of a Butterfly Nebula ref http antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov apod ap050612.html APOD 2005 June 12 M2 9 Wings of a Butterfly Nebula . Antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov. Retrieved ... Planetary Nebula . Antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov 1997 10 21 . Retrieved on 2010 11 26. ref ref http www.daviddarling.info encyclopedia B Butterfly Nebula.html Butterfly Nebula M 2 9 . Daviddarling.info 2007 02 01 . Retrieved on 2010 11 26. ref OH231.8 4.2 The Calabash Nebula or Rotten Egg Nebula ref http hubblesite.org newscenter newsdesk archive releases 1999 39 NewsCenter The Rotten Egg Nebula A Planetary Nebula in the Making 10 19 1999 Introduction . HubbleSite 1999 10 19 . Retrieved on 2010 ..., 1999 The Rotten Egg Planetary Nebula . Antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov 1999 11 01 . Retrieved on 2010 11 26. ref ... Nebula . Antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov. Retrieved on 2010 11 26. ref ref http www.daviddarling.info encyclopedia C Calabash Nebula.html Calabash Nebula OH231.8 4.2 . Daviddarling.info 2007 02 01 . Retrieved on 2010 11 26. ref ref name autogenerated1 Mz3 or Menzel 3 The Mz3 Ant Nebula ref http hubblesite.org .... ref ref http antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov apod ap050501.html APOD 2005 May 1 Planetary Nebula Mz3 The Ant Nebula . Antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov. Retrieved on 2010 11 26. ref ref http www.daviddarling.info encyclopedia A Ant Nebula.html Ant Nebula Menzel 3 . Daviddarling.info 2007 02 01 . Retrieved on 2010 11 26 ... more details
For the Bow Tie Nebula C2 in Cepheus NGC 40 Protoplanetary nebula image Image Boomerang nebula.jpg 280px caption The Boomerang Nebula. Credit NASA ESA name Boomerang Nebula epoch J2000 ra RA 12 44 45.45 ref name simbad Cite document surname1 SIMBAD title Results for Boomerang Nebula authorlink SIMBAD ... url http simbad.u strasbg.fr simbad sim id?protocol html&Ident Boomerang Nebula postscript None ... ref name simbad constellation Centaurus names Centaurus Bipolar Nebula ref name simbad The Boomerang Nebula also called the Bow Tie Nebula ref name smh Cite news last Cauchi first Stephen title Coolest ... Bot retrieved archive archivedate September 1, 2006 ref is a protoplanetary nebula ref http apod.nasa.gov apod ap071228.html ref this source indicates that it is evolving towards the planetary nebula phase, thus it is a preplanetary nebula or a protoplanetary nebula. located 5,000 light years away from Earth in the constellation Centaurus . The nebula is measured at convert 1 K C F abbr on lk on , the naturally ... name smh The Boomerang Nebula was formed from the outflow of gas from a star at its core. The gas is moving ... is the cause of the nebula s very low temperature. File Boomerang HST big.jpg thumb left ... coded by the angle associated with the polarized light. The Boomerang Nebula was photographed in detail by the Hubble Space Telescope in 1998. It is believed that the nebula is a star or stellar system evolving toward the planetary nebula planetary nebula phase . Keith Taylor and Mike Scarrott called it the Boomerang Nebula in 1980 after observing it with the Anglo Australian telescope at the Siding ... , the astronomers saw merely a slight asymmetry in the nebula s lobes, suggesting a curved shape like a boomerang . The high resolution Hubble images indicate that the Bow Tie Nebula would perhaps ... the Big Bang is warmer than the nebula. It is the only object found so far that has a temperature lower than the cosmic background radiation background radiation . ref name smh The Boomerang Nebula is also ... more details
Nebula of Orion may refer to Star clusters in the constellation Orion Orion Nebula , largest, in its belt Collinder 69 , earlier identified one, at its head See also Total of 8 Orion Molecular Cloud Complex Nebulae within the complex nebulae within the Orion Molecular Cloud Complex Disambig ... more details
Infobox monument monument name Pelican Pete native name image Pelican Pete.jpg caption The Pelican Pete statue and Mill Ponds dam location Pelican Rapids, Minnesota Pelican Rapids designer type material ... visitors map cue map image map text map width coordinates lat 46.570 long 96.082 extra Pelican Pete is a concrete statue over convert 15.5 ft tall located in Pelican Rapids, Minnesota Pelican Rapids ... Pelican Stats ref It has been referred to as The Mother of All Pelicans or The Pelican Rapids Pelican . ref name Roadside America World s Largest Pelican http www.roadsideamerica.com story 2134 World s Largest Pelican ref ref http www.minnesota visitor.com the pelican rapids pelican.html The Pelican Rapids Pelican ref The sculpture is a 5 1 scale model of a mounted stuffed pelican ref http joustblade.com post 698940964 bad postcards worlds largest pelican verso 5 to 1 of a Mounted Pelican ... 05 25 pelrapidstour A tour of Pelican Rapids ref History Minnesota is home to many giant roadside ... in 1936 at Bemidji, Minnesota Bemidji . They were an inspiration behind Pelican Pete, which was built by citizens of Pelican Rapids in 1957 for the town s Jubilee Celebration the following year. Pelican ...?Type B BASIC&SEC A9CF08C6 5C83 4CDC 9E1F FF1B43F9059B Pelican Rapids Community History ref Location Pelican Pete is located in downtown Pelican Rapids, at the base of the Pelican Rapids or Mill Ponds dam. It can be seen from the Highway 59 bridge, near the Pelican Rapids Chamber of Commerce. The city of Pelican Rapids, Minnesota Pelican Rapids is located on the Pelican River, in Otter Tail County ... Pelican Rapids Pelican River name, settlement and dam ref Events During fishing season, children of all ages fish for Lepomis sunfish , bluefish , and Northern Pike just below the waterfalls next to Pelican Pete. ref name Roadside America World s Largest Pelican Near to the Pelican Pete sculpture are some ... name Roadside America World s Largest Pelican In 2007, the fiftieth anniversary of the Pelican Pete ... more details
Unreferenced date March 2012 Planetary nebula name Messier 97 image Image M97.jpg 250px caption Owl Nebula name Owl Nebula type 3a epoch J2000.0 ra 11 sup h sup 14.8 sup m sup dec 55 01&prime dist ly 1 E22 m 2,600 light year ly appmag v 9.9 size v 3.4 × 3.3 Minute of arc arcmin constellation Ursa Major radius ly 1.5 light year ly absmag v notes Owl like eyes visible through larger telescopes names M97, NGC 3587 The Owl Nebula also known as Messier Object 97 or New General Catalogue NGC 3587 is a planetary nebula in the constellation Ursa Major . It was discovered by Pierre M chain in 1781. M97 is regarded as one of the more complex of the planetaries. The 16th apparent magnitude magnitude central star has about 0.7 solar mass and the nebula itself about 0.15 solar mass. The nebula formed roughly 6,000 years ago. The nebula gets its name from the appearance of owl like eyes when viewed through a large 200 mm telescope under dark sky conditions with the aid of a so called nebula filter. The eyes are also easily visible in photographs of the nebula. Image M97 FTN.jpg thumb left Image of Messier 97 taken with red, green br and blue filters with the Faulkes Telescope North See also Messier object List of Messier objects New General Catalogue List of planetary nebulas References reflist External links http www.caha.es the owl nebula.html The Owl Nebula at Calar Alto Observatory http www.seds.org messier m m097.html The Owl Nebula SEDS Messier pages http www.nightskyinfo.com archive owl nebula NightSkyInfo.com M97, the Owl Nebula WikiSky name The Owl Nebula Messier objects Sky 11 14.8 00 55 01 00 2600 Category Messier objects Owl Nebula Category NGC objects Category Planetary nebulae Category Ursa Major constellation Category Orion Cygnus Arm nebula stub ar az NGC 3587 zh min nan Messier 97 be M97 be x old M97 bg M97 ca Nebulosa del Mussol cs Sov mlhovina co M97 de Eulennebel el 97 es Nebulosa del B ho eo M97 eu Hontzaren Nebulosa fa ... more details
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