The universe is filled many wonders, our ancestors have tried to picture the universe, the stars and every planet with thier tools, but since the time of Galileo to the present day civilizations, we have captured and observed the universe from our planet earth, all these was made possible with the help of Our most famous telescope, the Hubble telescope which has remained in till date.
When we look at the night sky,some see only stars, but the night sky is not just a dark lonely place, it a place where activities are taking place every minute. One of these activities is the formation of Nebula.
What are nebula?
According to Wikipedia , A nebula is an interstellar region of cloud of dust, Hydrogen,helium and other ionising gas, Nebula are formed when stars are exploded and at the same time they are region where new stars are formed, some nebula are refers to as Star nurseries. Withe help of powerful telescopes like the hubble telescope, astronomers are able to capture pictures of different nebula that are far away from us.
The pictures below are not fictional but they are real pictures of some nebula in our universe.
1.The veil nebula
These are place in constellation cygnus, which is made up of cloud of heated and ionsed gas with dust. These nebula was formed about 20000yrs ago after a Star which is 20times more bigger than our sun has reached the end of his life time and then exploded. With the help of Hubble space telescope, Scientist were able to capture these beautiful picture of the veil nebula.
2.The cat eyes nebula
These is another nebula which is one of the oldest nebula in the constellation Draco, it was discovered by William in the year 1787. These cat nebula was used to prove that nebula were made up gaseous element and not Stella as we first think, well despite it discover in 1787, it took the help of our Modern telescope to take a picture of these beautiful nebula.
3.Horsehead nebula
The horsehead nebula is another beautiful nebula which can be found in our universe, these nebula can be found in the dark nebula of constellation Orion. The Horsehead Nebula is approximately 422 parsecs or 1375 light year from Earth. It is one of the most identifiable nebulae because of its resemblance to a horse's head.
Other beautiful pictures of Nebula in the universe.
1.The butterfly nebula
2.The lagoon nebula
Despite the distance of all these wonderful nebula, with the help of science, we have been able to capture our universe at large. With time who knows maybe one day we may star visiting some of these nebula.
Science is life!!!
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