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Nebula is often the start and the death of a star's lifetime. Nebula's are often viewed in the dark night sky as bright beautiful bursts of color. The Nebula is in an instellar cloud of dust, hydrogen gas and plamsa. Nebula, at first before telescopes were invented to look at the night sky, was the name given to any astronomy celestial object including galaxies such as the Andromeda Galaxy (once known as Andromeda Nebula).

There are different classes of nebula, which are organized as the following according to the degree of luminosity:

Planetary Nebula: These nebula are formed from the gaseous shells that are ejected from low-mass asymptotic giant branch stars when they transform into white dwarfs. Planetary nebula are known as a type of HII region. These nebula are more compact and dense than the emission nebula in star formation regions. An example of planetary Nebula is Cat's Eye Nebula (NCG 6543) in the constellation of Draco.

Proplanetary Nebula: Is an astronomical object is formed during a star's rapid stellar evolution between the asymptotic giant branch phase and the subsequent planetary nebula. An example of proplanetary Nebula is Red Rectangle Nebulanea, also called HD 44179, near the Monoceros Constellation.

Supernova Remnants: These celestial events occurs when a high-mass stars nears the end of its life. Nuclear fusion will cease into the core of the star, and the star will collapse inward onto itself. The gas that falls inward will either rebound or heats up so strongly and will expand outward that the star will explode. An example of a supernova is Crab Nebula (M1, NGC 1952, Taurus A) near the Taurus Constellation.

Amateur Astronomers often spend long nights to capture nebula in astrophotography. Many astronomers use CCD Cameras and reflector telescopes to capture bright vivid astrophotos of nebula, galaxies and stars.

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