Saturday 29 June 2013

NEBULA

  • NEBULA IS A GROUP OF DUST AND GAS IN A GALAXY
  • THEY BECOME VISIBLE WHEN THE GAS INSIDE THEM GLOWS OR WHEN THEY REFLECTS BACK THE LIGHT FROM OTHER OBJECTS
  • NEBULA CAN BE CLASSIFIED INTO THREE ON THE BASIS OF ITS GLOW.THEY ARE:


  1. MISSION NEBULA
  2. REFLECTION NEBULA
  3. DARK NEBULA

  • EMISSION NEBULA:WHEN THE RADIATION FROM HOT YOUNG STARS EREACHES THE NEBULA,THE GASES IN IT GETS STIMULATED AND GLOWS
  • REFLECTION NEBULA:THESE NEBULA REFLECTS THE LIGHT RECEIVED FROM THE STARS FROM ITS SURROUNDINGS
  • DARK NEBULA:BLOCKS OUT LIGHT FROM SHINING NEBULAE OR STARS