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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD GUM NEBULA

Discovered by C. S. Gum (1924–60), Australian astronomer.
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PRONUNCIATION OF GUM NEBULA

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GUM NEBULA

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Gum Nebula is a noun.
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WHAT DOES GUM NEBULA MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Gum Nebula

Gum Nebula

The Gum Nebula is an emission nebula that extends across 40° in the southern constellations Vela and Puppis. It lies roughly 400 parsecs from the Earth. Hard to distinguish, it is believed to be the greatly expanded remains of a supernova that took place about a million years ago. It contains the smaller and younger Vela Supernova Remnant, along with the Vela Pulsar. It is named after its discoverer, the Australian astronomer Colin Stanley Gum. Gum had published his findings in 1955 in a work called A study of diffuse southern H-alpha nebulae.

Definition of Gum Nebula in the English dictionary

The definition of Gum Nebula in the dictionary is a large, almost circular, emission nebula in the constellation Vela and Puppis. Thought to be the remains of a supernova explosion 1 million years ago, it is estimated to lie 1300 light years away.

WORDS THAT END LIKE GUM NEBULA

acetabula
Crab Nebula
cunabula
dark nebula
emission nebula
extragalactic nebula
fibula
Horsehead nebula
incunabula
infundibula
nebula
Orion Nebula
planetary nebula
tabula
Tarantula nebula
tibiofibula
tintinnabula

Synonyms and antonyms of Gum Nebula in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «Gum Nebula» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF GUM NEBULA

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Translator English - Chinese

胶星云
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Nebulosa Gum
570 millions of speakers

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Gum Nebula
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

गम नेबुला
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

العلكة سديم
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Gum Nebula
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

nebulosa Gum
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

গাম নেবুলা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Gum Nebula
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Gum Nebula
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Translator English - German

Gum -Nebel
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Translator English - Japanese

ガム星雲
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

껌 성운
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Translator English - Javanese

Gum Nebula
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Translator English - Vietnamese

kẹo cao su Tinh vân
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கம் நெபுலா
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

गम नेब्युला
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Sakız Bulutsusu
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

gum Nebula
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Translator English - Polish

Mgławica gumy
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Translator English - Ukrainian

Gum Nebula
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Translator English - Romanian

Gum Nebula
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Translator English - Greek

Νεφέλωμα Gum
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Translator English - Afrikaans

gom Nebula
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Translator English - Swedish

Gum Nebula
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Translator English - Norwegian

Gum Nebula
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Trends of use of Gum Nebula

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «GUM NEBULA»

The term «Gum Nebula» is barely ever used and occupies the 199.949 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «GUM NEBULA» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Gum Nebula

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GUM NEBULA»

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The Guide to the Galaxy
Around in the sky from Orion, in the southern constellation Vela, we come across one of the biggest loops in our part of the Galaxy: the Gum Nebula. As seen from the Earth, the Gum Nebula is the largest object in the sky (apart from the Milky ...
Nigel Henbest, 1994
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Galactic Radio Astronomy: International Astronomical Union, ...
Maran, S. P., Brandt, J. C., and Stecher, T. P.: 1971, The Gum Nebula and Related Problems, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland. Ruderman. M.: 1972, Ann. Rev. Astron. Astrophys. 10, 427. Smith, F. G. : 1972, Rep. Prog. Phys.
Frank J. Kerr, F. J. Kerr, Simon Christian Simonson, 1974
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Supernovae
The largest nebula in the sky is called the Gum Nebula. It was discovered by a young Australian astronomer, Colin Gum, whose career was cut short by a fatal skiing accident at the age of 36. For his PhD thesis, Gum had photographed the ...
Paul Murdin, Lesley Murdin, 1985
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Imaging the Southern Sky: An Amateur Astronomer's Guide
Constellation Vela/Puppis RA 08 h 04 min 03 s Dec −40° 02¢ 29′′ The Gum Nebula refers to the largest single entity available photographically in the entire sky. It could be argued that the Milky Way fits that bill, but there is nowhere on ...
Stephen Chadwick, Ian Cooper, 2012
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Supernovae and Supernova Remnants: Proceedings of the ...
TABLE I Gamma ray search technique Source Gamma emissions studied Gum Nebula (possible remnant) From low energy cosmic ray interactions: Si2*(p, p' >•) ;£= 1.78 MeV C12 (p, p' •/);£• = 4.43 MeV Ole(P, P' V);E= 6.13 MeV cf: Ramaty ...
Cristiano Batalli Cosmovici, 1974
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Laboratory Experiments in Physics for Modern Astronomy: With ...
4 The Vela supernova remnant, part of the Gum Nebula. Stretching over 40 in the sky in the southern constellations of Vela and Puppis, the Gum Nebula is itself a supernova remnant, the result of a star that exploded about one million years ...
Leslie M. Golden, 2012
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A Companion to Astronomy and Astrophysics: Chronology and ...
Gum Nebula: An enormous, near-circular emission nebula in the constellations Pup- pis and Vela, about 36 degrees in angular diameter It is named after the Australian radio astronomer Colin S. Gum (1924-1960) who mapped the southern ...
Kenneth Lang, 2007
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Boys' Life
The region was known for more than 20 years as the Gum Nebula, but its true nature was not discovered until recently. (It was originally identified by an Australian astronomer, Colin S. Gum, in 1952.) The faint glow of the Gum Nebula was ...
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A Dictionary of Astronomy
Gum Nebula A large, almost circular emission nebula in the constellations Vela and Puppis, discovered by the Australian astronomer Colin Stanley Gum (1924- 60). The Gum Nebula is 36 ° across and is estimated to be centred 1500 l.y. away , ...
Ian Ridpath, 2012
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Astronomy
Gum nebula An immense EMISSION NEB- ULA that dominates the Milky Way in the southern constellations Puppis and Vela. It is an expanding shell of ionized gas some 35° in diameter. It is thought to be one of the closest supernova ...
John Daintith, William Gould, Valerie Illingworth, 2009

4 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GUM NEBULA»

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"Intriguing Hints" --Our 30-Light-Year Voyage Through the Local …
The Gum Nebula, shown above and below in green, is a region of hot ionized hydrogen gas. This complex nebula is thought to be a supernova ... «The Daily Galaxy, May 15»
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Celebrate 25 Years of Hubble With This Warp Speed Tour of the …
Celebrating a quarter century of Hubble, NASA and ESA recently released images of the Gum Nebula and Westerlund 2, a stellar nursery with ... «Singularity Hub, Apr 15»
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'God's hand' revealed in space: Telescope in Chile captures glimpse …
... heads and long, faint tails, which were generally pointing away from the Vela supernova remnant located at the centre of the Gum Nebula. «Daily Mail, Feb 15»
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'Mouth of the beast' pictured in Gum Nebula with Very Large …
First discovered in 1976, these globules are located in a huge patch of glowing gas called the Gum Nebula. This latest image shows CG4, ... «International Business Times UK, Jan 15»

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