emission nebula

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emission nebula

noun emission nebulae · emission nebulas

  1. A nebula composed of ionized gases which produce visible light (as distinct from a reflection nebula, which reflects the light produced by neighboring stars). The Orion nebula is an emission nebula—it glows with its own light.

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noun type of nebula

हिन्दीउत्सर्जन निहारिका utsarjan nihārikā
DeutschEmissionsnebel

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@misc{emission_nebula_2026,
  title = {emission nebula},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/emission%20nebula},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}