NGC 2346 Comparison Table

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NGC 2346 comparison table

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planetary nebula expanding emission nebula An expanding envelope of rarefied ionized gas surrounding a hot white dwarf. The envelope receives ultraviolet radiation from the central star and reemits it as visible light by the process of fluorescence. The planetary nebula stage lasts for less than 50,000 years. During the core contraction that terminates the red-giant stage, the helium-burning shell is ejected at a velocity so high that it becomes separated from the core. Under current theories, a star with a carbon core and a mass greater than 0.6 M_sun (but less than 4 M_sun) will become a planetary nebula and leave behind a white dwarf. Planetary nebulae are now known to occur in stars less than 4 M_sun whose envelope becomes unstable during the hydrogen shell burning stage.

NGC 2346 planetary nebula 16 days Monoceros 2000 light years

Subject	is a kind of	is an instance of	has orbit period	has image	be part of	has definition	has distance
planetary nebula	expanding emission nebula					An expanding envelope of rarefied ionized gas surrounding a hot white dwarf. The envelope receives ultraviolet radiation from the central star and reemits it as visible light by the process of fluorescence. The planetary nebula stage lasts for less than 50,000 years. During the core contraction that terminates the red-giant stage, the helium-burning shell is ejected at a velocity so high that it becomes separated from the core. Under current theories, a star with a carbon core and a mass greater than 0.6 M_sun (but less than 4 M_sun) will become a planetary nebula and leave behind a white dwarf. Planetary nebulae are now known to occur in stars less than 4 M_sun whose envelope becomes unstable during the hydrogen shell burning stage.
NGC 2346		planetary nebula	16 days		Monoceros		2000 light years

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