planetary nebula

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Coined by William Herschel because of their apparent resemblance to the planet Uranus.

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Noun

planetary nebula (plural planetary nebulas or planetary nebulae)

(astronomy) A nebulosity surrounding a dying red giant, consisting of material expelled by the star.

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PN (abbreviation)

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nebulosity

Arabic: سَدِيم كَوْكَبِيّ (sadīm kawkabiyy)
Armenian: մոլորակաձև միգամածություն (molorakajew migamacutʿyun)
Bengali: গ্রহ নীহারিকা (groho niharika)
Bulgarian: планетарна мъглявина f (planetarna mǎgljavina)
Catalan: nebulosa planetària f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 行星狀星雲／行星状星云 (xíngxīng zhuàng xīngyún)
Czech: planetární mlhovina f
Danish: planetarisk tåge c
Dutch: planetaire nevel (nl)
Esperanto: planeduma nebulozo
Finnish: planetaarinen sumu (fi)
French: nébuleuse planétaire (fr) f
Georgian: პლანეტური ნისლეული (ṗlaneṭuri nisleuli)
German: planetarischer Nebel m
Greek: πλανητικό νεφέλωμα (planitikó neféloma)
Hebrew: ערפילית פלנטרית f
Hindi: ग्रहीय नीहारिका (grahīya nīhārikā)
Hungarian: planetáris köd
Irish: réaltnéal pláinéadach m
Italian: nebulosa planetaria f
Japanese: 惑星状星雲 (わくせいじょうせいうん, wakuseijōseiun)
Korean: 행성상 성운 (haengseongsang seong'un)
Latvian: planetārais miglājs
Lithuanian: planetiškasis ūkas m
Norwegian:
Bokmål: planetarisk tåke

Nynorsk: planetarisk tåke
Persian: سحابی سیاره‌نما (fa)
Polish: mgławica planetarna m
Portuguese: nebulosa planetária f
Romanian: nebuloasă planetară f
Russian: планета́рная тума́нность (ru) f (planetárnaja tumánnostʹ)
Serbo-Croatian: planetarna maglica, planetarna maglina
Slovak: planetárna hmlovina f
Slovene: planetárna meglíca f, planétna meglíca f
Spanish: nebulosa planetaria f
Swedish: planetarisk nebulosa
Turkish: gezegenimsi bulutsu
Ukrainian: планета́рна тума́нність f (planetárna tumánnistʹ)

planetary nebula

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