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Neon; incipient to supernovae; and red supergiant at Dumbbell Nebula's center, Supernova 1987A and; Trapezium stars and

Neutrinos incipient to supernovae

Neutrons; degeneracy and; jets of SS 433 and; neutron stars and

Neutron stars; black holes and; Crab II and; Crab Nebula and; definition; degeneracy and; density of matter and; equilibrium and; luminosity and; preservation from collapse; supernovae and

Nickel in Supernova 1987A

Nitrogen: Dumbbell Nebula and; in Earth's atmosphere; planetary nebulae and; and red supergiant at Dumbbell Nebula's center; Supernova 1987A and

Novae and interstellar dust

Nuclear reactions; cores of stars and; helium and; incipient to supernovae; and red supergiant at Dumbbell Nebula's center; the Sun and; temperature and; white dwarfs and

Orbit: black holes and; formation of planets and; gravitational fields and; of Magellanic Clouds about the Milky Way; merging stars and; spectral lines and; of Sun around center of Milky Way

Orbit of instability: for Cygnus X–1 black hole; for Milky Way black hole

Orion Nebula; atoms and; dust disk in the nebula; gas knots of; glossary description; jet of a protostar; matter and; nebula of; Trapezium Cluster

Oxygen; bulge of the Milky Way and; Dumbbell Nebula and; in Earth's atmosphere; incipient to supernovae; the Magellanic Clouds and; in M87; and red supergiant at Dumbbell Nebula's center; Ring Nebula and; Supernova 1987A and; Trapezium stars and

Parallel universes

Particles: the aurora borealis and; at the corona of the Milky Way black hole: Crab II nebula and; degeneracy and; filaments of Crab II and; gas in M87 and; incipient to supernovae; magnetic fields and; and magnetic fields in star formation; quantum mechanics and; spacecraft and;
See also
Atoms; Debris; Dust

Photons: in gap between molecular clouds and Trapezium stars; light and; Supernova 1987A and

Planetary nebulae: definition; matter and

Planet formation; asteroids and; binary stars and; dust grains and; gaps in dust disks and; gas and; ice and; planetary rings and; the Solar System and; syncopation of orbits and; water and

Planets; material layers of; rings and

Plasma: definition; jets and; magnetic lines and;
See also
Gas streams; Ions; Jets

Protons; at the corona of the Milky Way black hole; incipient to supernovae; jets of SS 433 and; neutron stars and; in vicinity of the Sun

Protoplanets; asteroids and;
See also
Planet formation

Protostars: definition; jets and; molecular gas and; plasmic jets and;
See also
Stars

Pulsars: Crab II and; Crab Nebula and;
definition; and neutron star created by Supernova 1987A, 208

Quantum mechanics; definition

Radiance.
See
Color

Radiation: black holes and; at the corona of the Milky Way black hole; Crab II and; Crab Nebula and; disk of Cygnus X–1 and; dust and; energy and; versus gravity; jets of SS 433 and; in M87; pulsars and; Supernova 1987A and;
See
also
Synchrotron radiation

Radioactive cobalt in Supernova 1987A

Radio cirrus in M87

Radio glow: from interstellar clouds; from molecular clouds

Radio waves; Crab II neutron star and; in M87

Red giants: definition; helium and; in the Milky Way disk; shrinkage of; temperature and

Redshift

Red supergiants; definition; star at Dumbbell Nebula's center; temperature and; winds from;
See also
Betelgeuse

Resonance in planet formation

Rigel

Ring Nebula

Rings, planetary

Rosse, Lord

Rotation, spin: versus condensation of matter toward a common center; of Crab II pulsar; energy of Crab II pulsar and; gas knots and; gas knots in star formation and; jets of SS 433 and; shrinking cores and; star formation and

Scutum Sobieskii (constellation)

Shangra-La factor

Shapley, Harrow

Shells (surfaces): of Crab Nebula; of stars

Silicon; incipient to supernovae

Small Magellanic Cloud; in relation to Large Magellanic Cloud

Solar System, the: debris and; mass of;
See also
Sun, the

Somnium, sive Astronomia lunaris
(Kepler)

Soot

Spacetime: in general theory of relativity; time dilation and

Special theory of relativity; definition; time dilation and

Spectral lines; of Crab II;
See also
Color

Speed of light: definition; time dilation and

Spin.
See
Rotation

Spiral arms: definition; description; gravity and; the Orion arm

Spiral galaxies; bulges and; definition; gravity and; spiral arms and. in the Virgo Cluster;
See also
Andromeda; Milky Way

SS 433 (binary system); glossary description

Stars: in the bulge of the Milky Way; condensed out Orion Nebula molecular clouds; cores of; elements of; in elliptical galaxies; formation of; formation of in the Magellanic Clouds; formation of near Trapezium Cluster; hot; Kapteyn and; merging of; Milky Way black hole and; orbital motions and; in the Orion arm; spherical shape and; spiral arms and; SS 433 companion; in the Trapezium Cluster;
See
also
Betelgeuse; Blue supergiants;
Neutron stars; Protostars; Pulsars; Red giants; Red Supergiants

Stellar bars

Sulfur: incipient to super novae; Trapezium stars and

Sun, the; in comparison to Betelgeuse; description of vicinity of; fueling of; gravity v. motion; helium and; the Orion arm and; winds of;
See also
Solar System, the

Superbubbles; definition

Supernova: Crab Nebula and; definition; interstellar dust and

Supernova 1987A (reenactment): the core incipient to explosions; explosion of; iron and; speed of debris from initial blast; supergiant's change of color from red to blue

Synchrotron radiation: Crab Nebula and; definition; magnetic fields and

Tarantula Nebula; glossary description

Temperature; Betelgeuse and; of blue supergiant Supernova 1987A; in center of the Milky Way; color and; core of self-sustaining newly formed star; cores of stars and; at the corona of the Milky Way black hole; Crab II and; of Crab II neutron star; dust and; of gas in M87; of gas knots in star formation; interstellar clouds and, molecular clouds and; nuclear reactions and; planet formation and; of red supergiant at Dumbbell Nebula's center; Supernova 1987A and; in vicinity of the Sun;
See also
Hear

Texas Symposium

Thermonuclear fusion.
See
Nuclear reactions

Tidal force

Time; age of clusters near Trapezium. Cluster; of coagulation process in planet formation; and density of neutrinos incipient to Supernova 1987A; half-life of cobalt and Supernova 1987A and; half-life of nickel and Supernova 1987A and; life of stars in center of the Milky Way

Time dilation

Titanium

Tracers

Trapezium Cluster (stellar); atoms and; glossary description; winds of stars

Triangulum

Trifid Nebula

Ultraviolet rays: Dumbbell Nebula and; planetary nebulae and; and red supergiant at Dumbbell Nebula's center; Ring Nebula and; Supernova 1987A and

Universe, the: Copernican Principle and; gravity and; hierarchical structure in

Uranium, atomic weight

Velocities: aging and; of dust particles in planet formation; of electrons in a synchrotron; of galaxies in the Virgo Cluster; of matter at black holes; of matter in jets of SS 433; of stars near central mass of the Milky Way; of winds from stars in the Trapezium Cluster

Venus

Virgo Cluster (galactic); glossary description; interactions of galaxies with hot gas; velocities of galaxies;
See also
M49; M87

W50 (SS 433 cavity)

Water: in molecular clouds; planet formation and

Waves and quantum mechanics

White dwarfs; definition; degeneracy and; red supergiant at Dumbbell Nebula's center as; supernovae and

Winds (stellar): on Betelgeuse; from blue supergiants; from Crab II neutron star; on red supergiant at Dumbbell Nebula's center; from red supergiants; Ring Nebula and; SS 433 and; from stars in the Trapezium Cluster; on the Sun; superbubbles and; Trapezium cluster and; in the Virgo Cluster

X-rays; black holes and; Crab II neutron star and; Cygnus X–1 and; in M87; neutron star of Crab II and; Supernova 1987A and

Zirconium

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