Veil Nebula

Japanese: 網状星雲 - あみじょうせいうん
Veil Nebula

A diffuse nebula in the constellation Cygnus. Two nebulae (NGC6992, NGC6960) look like a collection of thin fibers. When these two are combined with other nearby nebulae, they form a huge loop with an apparent diameter of about 3 degrees, several times the apparent size of the moon, and an actual diameter of several tens of light years (1 light year = about 9.46 trillion kilometers). It is called a "net" because it shines like a complex fiber in visible light, but in reality it is a high-temperature gas shell expanding at a high speed of 100 kilometers per second. In fact, when observed with a radio telescope, it can be seen that the entire nebula is spherical. It is thought to be a remnant of a supernova that exploded and scattered about 10,000 years ago, and the light and radio waves are emitted by the fast-expanding shock wave colliding violently with the thin gas in interstellar space. This is generally called a supernova remnant. It is about 1,800 light years away from Earth.

[Nobuo Kaifu July 19, 2017]

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Veil Nebula
A diffuse nebula in Cygnus. It is thought to be the remains of a supernova explosion that occurred about 10,000 years ago. The belt-like NGC6992 (left) and NGC6960 (right) and nearby nebulae form a huge loop with an actual diameter of several tens of light years. Photographed by the Ultraviolet Space Telescope © NASA / JPL-Caltech ">

Veil Nebula


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Japanese:

はくちょう座にある散光星雲。細い繊維の集合のように見える二つの星雲(NGC6992、NGC6960)で、この二つにさらに近傍の星雲をあわせてみると、視直径約3度と月の見かけ上の大きさの数倍、実直径では数十光年(1光年=約9兆4600億キロメートル)に達する巨大なループを描いていることがわかる。可視光では入り組んだ繊維のように光るので「網状」とよぶが、実体は毎秒100キロメートルの高速で膨張する高温度のガス球殻である。実際、電波望遠鏡で観測すると全体が球形をなすことがわかる。およそ1万年前に爆発して飛散した超新星の名残(なごり)と考えられ、高速で膨張する衝撃波が星間空間の希薄なガスと激しくぶつかって光と電波を発しているのである。これを一般に、超新星残骸(ざんがい)とよぶ。地球からの距離は約1800光年。

[海部宣男 2017年7月19日]

[参照項目] | 散光星雲 | 星雲 | 超新星 | はくちょう座
網状星雲
はくちょう座にある散光星雲。およそ1万年前に起きた超新星爆発の残骸と考えられている。帯状のNGC6992(左)・NGC6960(右)と近傍の星雲が、実直径で数十光年に達する巨大なループを描いている。紫外線宇宙望遠鏡により撮影©NASA/JPL-Caltech">

網状星雲


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