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Hanny's Voorwerp
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English
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thumb|Hanny's Voorwerp (in green) below the spiral galaxy IC 2497
Alternative forms
en Hanny's voorwerp Hanny voorwerp Hanny Voorwerp
Etymology
en en nl Hanny en nl voorwerp object. Hanny's Object. From being an unusual looking en object discovered by a Dutch person. This became the archetypal object for the en voorwerpje object class. en Hanny van Arkel Dutch schoolteacher amateur astronomer who discovered in while participating in en Galaxy Zoo, the first voorwerpje (light echo nebula)
Pronunciation
en /ˈhʌniz ˈvɔːrwɛərp/
Proper noun
Hanny's Voorwerp
en A <<voorwerpje>> in the <<constellation:suf/Leo Minor>> near the galaxy en IC 2497. The first such object discovered, an intergalactic gas cloud lit up by an extinguished quasar. The en quasar jet has burned a hole in the en intergalatic cloud, and some collapse, causing star formation, making this voorwerpje a candidate as a en galaxy or en star cluster.
Synonyms
en Hanny's Object Hanny's object Hanny Object Hanny object
Hypernyms
en voorwerp voorwerpje light echo nebula reflection nebula nebula intergalactic cloud
Derived terms
en voorwerpje voorwerp
See also
en Minkowski's Object Mayall's Object