Home›Subcategories›NebulaeSubcategoriesNebulae29 of 284 entries in Celestial Objects. Click any to see everything it connects to.Citation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextSpace and Astronomy Atlas. "Nebulae." Accessed September 2, 2026. https://space.interactiveatlas.org/subcategories/celestialobject/nebulae.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextSpace and Astronomy Atlas. (n.d.). Nebulae. Retrieved September 2, 2026, from https://space.interactiveatlas.org/subcategories/celestialobject/nebulaeCopy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{spaceandastronomyatlas-nebulae, author = {Space and Astronomy Atlas}, title = {Nebulae}, year = {2026}, url = {https://space.interactiveatlas.org/subcategories/celestialobject/nebulae}, note = {Accessed September 2, 2026} }Copy BibTeXClouds of interstellar gas and dust, classified by what lights or shapes them: star-forming and emission nebulae glow from young stars within them, planetary nebulae and supernova remnants are the expelled outer layers of a dying star, and dark and reflection nebulae are seen by the light they block or scatter rather than emit. Belongs here: any entry whose defining nature is a cloud of gas or dust rather than a discrete body. Does not belong here: the star or stellar remnant that may sit at a nebulas center, grouped under Stars or Black Holes and Compact Objects.Comments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)BrowseCompareSelect all 29Bubble NebulaNebulae1 linkCaldwell 15Nebulae1 linkCaldwell 19Nebulae1 linkCaldwell 2Nebulae1 linkCaldwell 22Nebulae1 linkCaldwell 31Nebulae1 linkCaldwell 4Nebulae1 linkCaldwell 9Nebulae1 linkCarina NebulaNebulae2 linksCat's Eye NebulaNebulae1 linkCoalsack NebulaNebulae1 linkCrab NebulaNebulae1 linkCrescent NebulaNebulae1 linkDumbbell NebulaNebulae1 linkHelix NebulaNebulae1 linkHorsehead NebulaNebulae1 linkLagoon NebulaNebulae1 linkMessier 43Nebulae1 linkMessier 76Nebulae1 linkMessier 78Nebulae1 linkNorth America NebulaNebulae1 linkOmega NebulaNebulae1 linkOrion NebulaNebulae1 linkOwl NebulaNebulae1 linkRing NebulaNebulae1 linkRosette NebulaNebulae1 linkTarantula NebulaNebulae2 linksTrifid NebulaNebulae1 linkVeil NebulaNebulae1 linkComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.View At A Past YearThe atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.Show This Year