Planetary nebula

GPTKB entity

Statements (45)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Astronomical object
gptkbp:cataloguedIn gptkb:Abell
gptkb:NGC
PK
IC
gptkbp:centralTo White dwarf
gptkbp:compatibleWith Planets
gptkbp:composedOf Ionized gas
gptkbp:contains gptkb:Nitrogen
gptkb:Oxygen
gptkb:Carbon
gptkb:Hydrogen
gptkb:Helium
Heavy elements
gptkbp:discoveredBy gptkb:William_Herschel
gptkbp:distanceFromEarth Hundreds to thousands of light-years
gptkbp:emits Ultraviolet radiation
Visible light
gptkbp:example gptkb:Dumbbell_Nebula
gptkb:Helix_Nebula
gptkb:Ring_Nebula
gptkbp:expansion 20–30 km/s
gptkbp:firstObserved 18th century
gptkbp:formedBy Dying star
gptkbp:foundIn gptkb:Milky_Way
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Planetary nebula
gptkbp:importantFor Chemical enrichment of interstellar medium
Stellar evolution studies
gptkbp:lifespan 10,000 to 20,000 years
gptkbp:massLoss Stellar wind
gptkbp:nameOrigin Resembles planet through small telescope
gptkbp:numberInMilkyWay ~3,000 known
gptkbp:observedBy gptkb:Hubble_Space_Telescope
Ground-based telescopes
gptkbp:phaseOf Late stellar evolution
gptkbp:precededBy White dwarf stage
gptkbp:shape Spherical
Bipolar
Elliptical
gptkbp:studiedBy Astronomers
Galactic chemical evolution
Nucleosynthesis
gptkbp:type gptkb:planetary_nebula
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Titan
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5