Phrase Hound found 20 phrases and 9 compound words that contain nebula. The most common are listed below. Open nebula in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 20
- planetary nebulaA nebulosity surrounding a dying red giant, consisting of material expelled by the star.
- Orion NebulaA diffuse nebula visible in the night sky below Orion's Belt; it is approximately 40 light years across. It is one of the brightest nebulae visible to the naked eye and is the closest region of stellar formation to Earth.
- Crab NebulaA supernova remnant and pulsar wind nebula in the constellation of Taurus.
- Horsehead NebulaA small dark nebula in the constellation Orion.
- dark nebulaA type of nebula that does not emit or reflect (visible) light, and thus obscures light sources behind it.
- emission nebulaA nebula composed of ionized gases which produce visible light (as distinct from a reflection nebula, which reflects the light produced by neighboring stars).
- reflection nebulaA nebula that consists of dust which reflects starlight and appears blue in photographs.
- solar nebulaA disc-shaped cloud of gas and dust left over from the formation of the Sun.
- Eskimo NebulaA planetary nebula in Gemini, Milky Way Galaxy.
- protoplanetary nebulaA stage in stellar evolution when a star starts to shed its outer layers before coming a true planetary nebula.
- absorption nebulaA dark nebula; a diffuse mass of interstellar gas and dust that absorbs all incident radiation without reemission.
- spiral nebulaa spiral-shaped nebula
- pulsar wind nebulaSynonym of plerion: A nebula powered by the pulsar wind of a pulsar.
- preplanetary nebulaA stage in stellar evolution when a star starts to shed its outer layers before coming a true planetary nebula.
- radio nebulaAny nebula that emits radio waves
- enormous Lyman-alpha nebulaA large gas cloud (nebula) larger than galaxies, found in intergalactic space, which radiates with an emission spectrum containing 2.47 THz lines (Lyman-alpha lines).
- planetary nebula nucleiplural of planetary nebula nucleus: The remnant hot luminous core of the stellar progenitor of the planetary nebula, which ionizes the surrounding planetary nebula.
- planetary nebula nucleusThe remnant hot luminous core of the stellar progenitor of the planetary nebula, which ionizes the surrounding planetary nebula.
- white nebulaa nebula that appears white in colouration through a high-powered telescope (nebulae often appear to have some hint of colour through a powerful telescope, but white when not using a powerful instrument); these nebulae were generally to be …
- Great Nebula in AndromedaThe Andromeda Galaxy, a term that was used before it was known to be a spiral galaxy.
Compound words 9
- nebulalikeResembling or characteristic of a nebula.
- cirronebulaA thin, amorphous cirrus cloud
- supernebulaA very large nebula
- nebuliumA supposed chemical element proposed as a result of spectral analysis of light from a nebula; the emission lines concerned are now known to be due to doubly-ionized oxygen.
- obnebulateTo cloud or obscure (something).
- nebulatedClouded with indistinct colour markings.
- nebulationThe condition of being nebulated.
- nebulationsplural of nebulation: The condition of being nebulated.
- radionebulaAlternative spelling of radio nebula: Any nebula that emits radio waves