Ring Nebula

Japanese: 環状星雲 - かんじょうせいうん(英語表記)Ring nebula
Ring Nebula

A beautiful planetary nebula in the constellation Lyra (M57, NGC6720). It was named after its resemblance to a ring. Its apparent size is about 1 arcminute, and its brightness is about 9th magnitude. It is about 2,600 light years away from Earth, and its actual size is about 1 light year. Recent observations using the Subaru Telescope and other instruments have revealed that there are faint double rings outside the bright ring that appears to be a ring, indicating that mass ejection from the central star has occurred intermittently multiple times. The gas expands at a speed of about 20 kilometers per second. The ring portion has a high surface brightness and can be seen even with a small telescope, making it a popular subject for summer astronomy observation.

[Okamura Sadanori]

[Reference] | Lyra | Planetary nebula
Ring Nebula
A planetary nebula in the constellation Lyra. NGC6720 (M57). It is also called the Ring Nebula. Photographed by the Hubble Space Telescope © NASA/JPL-Caltech/ESA, the Hubble Heritage Team STScI/AURA ">

Ring Nebula

Lyra
©Akira Fujii ">

Lyra


Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

こと座にある美しい惑星状星雲(M57、NGC6720)。指輪の形に見えることからこの名前がついた。見かけの大きさは約1分角で、明るさは約9等である。地球からの距離は約2600光年で、実際の大きさは約1光年である。すばる望遠鏡などによる最近の観測から、指輪に見える明るいリングの外側に、淡い二重のリングがあり、中心星からの質量放出が複数回、間欠的に起こったことがわかる。ガスの膨張速度は毎秒20キロメートル程度である。リング部分は面輝度が高く、小型望遠鏡でも見えるので、夏の天体観望の好対象として親しまれている。

[岡村定矩]

[参照項目] | こと座 | 惑星状星雲
環状星雲
こと座にある惑星状星雲。NGC6720(M57)。リング星雲ともよばれる。ハッブル宇宙望遠鏡により撮影©NASA/JPL-Caltech/ESA, the Hubble Heritage Team STScI/AURA">

環状星雲

こと座
©藤井 旭">

こと座


出典 小学館 日本大百科全書(ニッポニカ)日本大百科全書(ニッポニカ)について 情報 | 凡例

<<:  Ring-shaped stone axe

>>:  Accounting office - Kanjosho

Recommend

Der Blaue Reiter

An annual magazine edited by Kandinsky and Marc Fr...

MacAdell, J.

...The German Ludwig von Siegen (c. 1609-80) disc...

Higashiyoshino [village] - Higashiyoshino

A village in Yoshino District, central eastern Nar...

Juban (undergarment) - Juban

Undergarments for traditional Japanese clothing. T...

Imperial territory

It refers to the total of real estate and movable...

Divorce - Riko

The dissolution of a socially valid marriage duri...

Quetzaltenango (English spelling)

A city in southwestern Guatemala. It is the second...

Picture cards - Efuda

〘 noun 〙① A card with pictures drawn on it, such a...

Obi [river] - Obi

A river in Western Siberia, Russia. It originates ...

Mount Kannabi

(written as "Kamunabiyama") [1] [noun] A...

Aspect ratio - Henritsu

Also known as oblateness or degree of oblateness. ...

Utsugidaira

...Altitude 2,864m. The name of the mountain is s...

Madura [island] - Madura

A long, narrow island stretching from east to west...

Tajima Shrine

Located in Kabeshima, Yobuko Town, Karatsu City, ...

Mount Kaba - Hippo

A mountain located in the western part of Ibaraki...