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Nebula Catalogues

The specialist catalogues of interstellar clouds — Sharpless's HII regions glowing around young stars, Barnard's dark dust clouds silhouetted against the Milky Way, and Abell's large, faint planetary nebulae. Together they map the gas and dust between the stars.

Highlights

  • Emission, dark, and planetary nebulae — the interstellar medium catalogued

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Knowledge connections

Sources

The primary and reference sources this topic draws on.

  • IAUInternational Astronomical Union

    Official naming, definitions, constellation boundaries, and astronomical nomenclature.