发射星云(Emission nebula)由星际气体组成的发光的云。光谱中在很弱的连续背景上有许多发射线的亮星云。发射线主要由氢、氦、氧、硫、氖和铁的原子和离子产生,其中有些是禁线。
发射星云沙普利斯249弥漫在图像的左上部。
Emission nebula Sharpless 249 fills the field at the upper left.
内外层气体的碰撞产生了许多热的蓝色星体和粉红发射星云。
Collisions between gas in the inner and outer regions are creating many hot blue stars and pink emission nebula.
广阔的“海鸥”(左上)本身由两个较大的被编目的发射星云组成。
The expansive Seagull (upper left) is itself composed of two major cataloged emission nebulae.
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