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This is a list of dark nebulae (absorption nebulae), also called "dark clouds".

The Milky Way as seen by Gaia, with prominent dark features labeled in white, as well as prominent star clouds labeled in black.

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List of dark nebulae

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This is a list of dark nebulae (absorption nebulae), also called "dark clouds". E Nebula (Barnard 142 and 143) Barnard 68, possibly the closest to Earth...

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Dark nebula

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parts of molecular clouds. Clusters and large complexes of dark nebulae are associated with Giant Molecular Clouds. Isolated small dark nebulae are called...

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Lists of nebulae

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of nebulae: List of dark nebulae List of diffuse nebulae List of planetary nebulae List of protoplanetary nebulae List of supernova remnants Lists of...

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Lists of astronomical objects

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List of dark nebulae List of diffuse nebulae List of planetary nebulae List of protoplanetary nebulae List of largest nebulae Lists of galaxies List of galaxies...

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List of largest nebulae

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Below is a list of the largest known nebulae so far discovered, ordered by actual diameter. This list is prone to change because of inconsistencies between...

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Nebula

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for 'cloud, fog'; pl.: nebulae, nebulæ, or nebulas) is a distinct luminescent part of interstellar medium, which can consist of ionized, neutral, or molecular...

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Barnard Catalogue

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compiled a list of dark nebulae known as the Barnard Catalogue of Dark Markings in the Sky, or the Barnard Catalogue for short. The nebulae listed by Barnard...

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List of astronomical catalogues

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Burnham's measures of proper motion stars, 1913 catalogue. B — Willem H. van den Bos (double stars) B — E. E. Barnard's List of Dark Nebulae B2 — Bologna Sky...

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Horsehead Nebula

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422 parsecs or 1,375 light-years from Earth. It is one of the most identifiable nebulae because of its resemblance to a horse's head. The nebula was discovered...

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Messier object

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d'Étoiles (Catalogue of Nebulae and Star Clusters). Because Messier was interested only in finding comets, he created a list of those non-comet objects...

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Bok globule

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In astronomy, Bok globules are isolated and relatively small dark nebulae containing dense cosmic dust and gas from which star formation may take place...

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Planetary nebula

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magnitude. He assigned these to Class IV of his catalogue of "nebulae", eventually listing 78 "planetary nebulae", most of which are in fact galaxies. Herschel...

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Small Sagittarius Star Cloud

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6.5 and 7.0. The star cloud incorporates two prominent dark nebulae which are vast clouds of dense, obscuring interstellar dust. This dust blocks light...

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Rho Ophiuchi cloud complex

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cloud complex is a complex of interstellar clouds with different nebulae, particularly a dark nebula which is centered 1° south of the star ρ Ophiuchi, which...

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Orion molecular cloud complex

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of it is bright in infrared wavelengths due to the heat-intensive processes involved in stellar formation, though the complex contains dark nebulae,...

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Dark matter

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physics: What is dark matter? How was it generated? (more unsolved problems in physics) In astronomy, dark matter is a hypothetical form of matter that appears...

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List of galaxies

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estimated 100 billion in all of the observable universe. The discovery of the nature of galaxies as distinct from other nebulae (interstellar clouds) was...

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Coma Cluster

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S2CID 119218554. Zwicky, Fritz (October 1937). "On the Masses of Nebulae and of Clusters of Nebulae". Astrophysical Journal. 86 (3): 217–246. Bibcode:1937ApJ...

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North America Nebula

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of ionized hydrogen (H II region) as the Pelican Nebula, separated by a dark band of dust, and listed the two nebulae together in his second list of 313...

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Sadr Region

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Nebula. It contains many dark nebulae in addition to the emission diffuse nebulae. Sadr itself has approximately a magnitude of 2.2. The nebulous regions...

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Milky Way

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observations of nebulae and galaxies are discussed on pp. 127–130. Rosse, The Earl of (1850). "Observations on the nebulae". Philosophical Transactions of the...

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New General Catalogue

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The New General Catalogue of Nebulae and Clusters of Stars (abbreviated NGC) is an astronomical catalogue of deep-sky objects compiled by John Louis Emil...

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Galaxy

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mass visible in the form of stars and nebulae. Supermassive black holes are a common feature at the centres of galaxies. Galaxies are categorized according...

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Omega Centauri

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Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society. Swiss astronomer Jean-Philippe de Cheseaux included Omega Centauri in his 1746 list of 21 nebulae, as did French...

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Dumbbell Nebula

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age of the nebula is 9,800 years. Like many nearby planetary nebulae, the Dumbbell contains knots. Its central region is marked by a pattern of dark and...

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