30 Doradus Nebula Comparison Table

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30 Doradus Nebula comparison table

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gaseous nebula H II region emission nebula An H II region, a supernova remnant, or a planetary nebula. H II regions have an emission-line optical spectrum, and a thermal continuous spectrum declining in intensity as the wavelength increases (from maximum in the ultraviolet) through infrared and radio. Supernova remnants have an emission-line optical spectrum and a nonthermal radio spectrum. Temperatures of planetary nebulae are much higher than those of H II regions.

30 Doradus Nebula M_v = - 19 gaseous nebula Tarantula Nebula A giant H II region, at least 300 pc across - one of the largest known. It is larger and more luminous than any known in the Galaxy. It is the brightest object in the Large Magellanic Cloud at both optical and radio wavelengths, and contains the densest concentration of W-R stars. (The brightest object near the center is a O+ WN star of M_v = - 10.2.) It is characterized by very rapid, disordered, and complex motions. 170000 light years

Subject	has absolute magnitude	is a kind of	is an instance of	has synonym	has image	has definition	has distance
gaseous nebula		H II region		emission nebula		An H II region, a supernova remnant, or a planetary nebula. H II regions have an emission-line optical spectrum, and a thermal continuous spectrum declining in intensity as the wavelength increases (from maximum in the ultraviolet) through infrared and radio. Supernova remnants have an emission-line optical spectrum and a nonthermal radio spectrum. Temperatures of planetary nebulae are much higher than those of H II regions.
30 Doradus Nebula	M_v = - 19		gaseous nebula	Tarantula Nebula		A giant H II region, at least 300 pc across - one of the largest known. It is larger and more luminous than any known in the Galaxy. It is the brightest object in the Large Magellanic Cloud at both optical and radio wavelengths, and contains the densest concentration of W-R stars. (The brightest object near the center is a O+ WN star of M_v = - 10.2.) It is characterized by very rapid, disordered, and complex motions.	170000 light years

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