Emission Nebula
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An emission nebula is a cloud of ionized gas that emits light when its atoms are excited by ultraviolet radiation from nearby hot stars. The most common spectral line is H-alpha (red), but oxygen and sulfur transitions produce green and blue hues in false-color images.
Category: Deep Sky Objects