planetary nebula

Etymology
Coined by William Herschel because of their apparent resemblance to the planet Uranus.

Noun

 * 1)  A nebulosity surrounding a dying red giant, consisting of material expelled by the star.

Synonyms

 * PN

Derived terms

 * preplanetary nebula
 * protoplanetary nebula
 * planetary nebula nucleus

Translations

 * Arabic: سَدِيم كَوْكَبِيّ
 * Armenian: մոլորակաձև միգամածություն
 * Bengali: গ্রহ নীহারিকা
 * Bulgarian: планетарна мъглявина
 * Catalan: nebulosa planetària
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 行星狀星雲
 * Czech: planetární mlhovina
 * Danish: planetarisk tåge
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: planeduma nebulozo
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Georgian: პლანეტური ნისლეული
 * German: planetarischer Nebel
 * Greek: πλανητικό νεφέλωμα
 * Hebrew: ערפילית פלנטרית
 * Hindi: ग्रहीय नीहारिका
 * Hungarian: planetáris köd
 * Irish: réaltnéal pláinéadach
 * Italian: nebulosa planetaria
 * Japanese: 惑星状星雲
 * Korean: 행성상 성운
 * Latvian: planetārais miglājs
 * Lithuanian: planetiškasis ūkas
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: planetarisk tåke
 * Nynorsk: planetarisk tåke
 * Persian:
 * Polish: mgławica planetarna
 * Portuguese: nebulosa planetária
 * Romanian: nebuloasă planetară
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian: planetarna maglica, planetarna maglina
 * Slovak: planetárna hmlovina
 * Slovene: planetárna meglíca, planétna meglíca
 * Spanish: nebulosa planetaria
 * Swedish: planetarisk nebulosa
 * Turkish: gezegenimsi bulutsu
 * Ukrainian: планета́рна тума́нність