Sjajne magline uglavnom predstavljaju ogromne koncentracije gasa i prašine u kojima su se formirale ili tek nastaju zvezde. Sjajne difuzne magline podeljene su u tri glavna tipa:
Sledi spisak sjajnijih difuznih maglina.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NGC Uobicajeno Ekvatorijalne Galakticke Maglina Velic. Udalj. Vel. Sazv. Broj ime koordinate koordinate Tip (arcmins) (ly) (ly) RA (2000) Dec l° b° 7822 00 03.6 +68 37 118.6 +6.2 E 65'x20' 2800±400 50 Cep 281 00 52.8 +56 36 123.1 -6.3 E 30'x25' 8000±2000 70 Cas IC59,IC63 Gamma Cas Nebula 00 56.7 +61 04 123.6 -1.8 RE 40'x10' 600±100 7 Cas 602 01 29.6 -73 33 299.2 -43.3 E 2'x1' 210000±10000 120 Hyi IC1795,IC1805 Heart Nebula 02 33.4 +61 26 134.8 +0.9 E 100'x80' 6000±500 170 Cas IC1848 Soul Nebula 02 51.3 +60 25 137.2 +0.9 E 105'x60' 6500±500 200 Cas 1333 03 29.3 +31 25 158.3 -20.4 R 9'x7' 1100±? 3 Per 1432,1435 Pleiades Nebula 03 47.0 +24 67 165.9 -22.8 R 180'x180' 400±25 20 Tau 1499 California Nebula 04 00.7 +36 37 160.1 -12.3 E 150'x40' 1500±500 70 Per 1491 04 02.9 +51 17 150.6 -1.0 E 3'x3' 10000±2000 9 Per 1554-55 Hind's Nebula (T Tau) 04 21.8 +19 32 176.2 -20.9 R 1'x1' 500±200 0.2 Tau 1579 04 30.7 +35 15 165.5 -8.9 R 8'x12' 2600±? 9 Per 1624 04 40.0 +50 27 155.3 +2.5 E 3'x3' 20000±5000 17 Per IC2118 Witch Head Nebula 05 06.9 -07 13 207.3 -26.5 R 180'x60' 1000±500 50 Eri IC405 Flaming Star Nebula 05 16.2 +34 16 172.1 -2.3 RE 30'x20' 1700±500 15 Aur IC410 05 22.2 +33 23 173.6 -1.8 E 20'x20' 11000±2000 60 Aur 1931 05 31.4 +34 14 173.9 +0.3 RE 8'x8' 5900±1000 14 Aur 1952 Crab Nebula (M1) 05 34.5 +22 01 184.6 -5.8 S 6'x4' 7000±2000 12 Tau -- Lambda Orionis (S264) 05 35.2 +09 56 195.0 -12.0 E 60'x60' 1400±300 25 Ori 1973,1975,1977 05 35.4 -04 50 208.5 -19.1 RE 40'x25' 1300±200 16 Ori 1976,1982 Orion Nebula (M42,M43) 05 35.4 -05 27 209.1 -19.4 E 60'x60' 1300±200 25 Ori 1999 05 36.3 -06 43 210.4 -19.7 R 2'x2' 1300±300 1 Ori 2070 Tarantula Nebula 05 38.7 -69 06 279.5 -31.7 E 40'x25' 170000±10000 2000 Dor IC434 Horsehead Nebula 05 41.0 -02 24 206.9 -16.7 E 60'x10' 1300±300 25 Ori 2023-24 Flame Nebula 05 42.0 -01 50 206.5 -16.3 RE 30'x30' 1300±300 12 Ori 2068,2071 (M78) 05 46.7 +00 03 205.4 -14.3 R 30'x20' 1300±300 12 Ori -- Barnard's Loop (S276) 05 55.0 -01 30 207.8 -13.2 E 840'x60' 1300±300 350 Ori 2149 06 03.5 -09 44 216.3 -15.0 E 3'x2' ? - Mon 2174 06 09.8 +20 19 190.2 +0.4 E 40'x30' 6000±1000 70 Ori IC443 06 17.0 +22 29 189.1 +2.9 S 50'x40' 5000±1000 70 Gem 2237-38-39,2246 Rosette Nebula 06 32.3 +05 03 206.3 -1.9 E 80'x60' 4700±1000 110 Mon 2261 Hubble's Nebula (R Mon) 06 39.2 +08 44 203.8 +1.3 RE 2'x2' 3000±1500 2 Mon 2264 Cone Nebula (S Mon) 06 40.9 +09 54 202.9 +2.2 E 25'x15' 2200±500 16 Mon 2327,IC2177 Seagull Nebula 07 04.0 -11 18 224.4 -2.4 E 150'x50' 3800±500 170 CMa 2359 Thor's Helmet 07 17.6 -13 12 227.6 -0.3 E 10'x5' 20000±8000 60 CMa 2467 07 52.5 -26 24 243.2 +0.4 E 8'x7' 15000±3000 35 Pup 2736 Gum Nebula (part of) 09 00.4 -45 54 266.9 +0.2 S 10'x20' 1500±500 9 Vel 3199 10 17.1 -57 55 283.6 -1.0 E 22'x20' 15000±3000 90 Car 3372 Eta Carina Nebula 10 43.8 -59 52 287.5 -0.9 E 85'x80' 9000±1000 220 Car 3576,3581-82 11 12.1 -61 18 291.3 -0.7 E 30'x20' 6000±2000 50 Car 3603 11 15.1 -61 16 291.6 -0.5 E 20'x20' 20000±5000 120 Car 5367,IC4347 13 57.7 -39 59 316.5 +21.1 E 2'x1' 2100±500 1 Cen IC4604 16 25.6 -23 26 353.7 +17.7 RE 60'x25' 600±200 10 Oph 6188 16 41.4 -48 05 337.2 -1.1 E 20'x12' 4400±1000 25 Ara 6334 Cat's Paw Nebula 17 20.3 -36 04 351.1 +0.6 E 40'x30' 5500±1000 60 Sco 6357 17 24.4 -34 09 353.2 +1.0 E 90'x60' 3300±800 90 Sco 6514 Trifid Nebula (M20) 18 02.6 -23 02 7.0 -0.3 RE 29'x27' 4000±1500 35 Sag 6523 Lagoon Nebula (M8) 18 03.8 -24 23 6.0 -1.2 E 80'x40' 4500±1000 100 Sag 6611,IC4703 Eagle Nebula (M16) 18 18.8 -13 47 17.0 +0.8 E 35'x30' 5700±1000 60 Ser 6618 Omega Nebula (M17) 18 20.8 -16 11 15.1 -0.8 E 40'x30' 4500±1000 50 Sag IC1287 18 31.3 -10 50 21.0 -0.5 R 5'x4' 1000? 2 Scu 6726-27,6729 R CrA Nebula 19 01.5 -36 54 0.0 -17.8 RE 10'x10' 420±50 1 CrA 6820 19 42.5 +23 05 59.1 -0.1 E 20'x20' 6500±1000 40 Vul 6888 Crescent Nebula 20 12.0 +38 21 75.5 +2.4 E 20'x10' 4000±1000 25 Cyg IC1318 Gamma Cyg Nebula 20 22.2 +40 15 78.1 +1.9 E 50'x50' 4000±1000 60 Cyg 6960 Veil Nebula West 20 45.6 +30 42 73.3 -7.6 S 70'x6' 2000±700 40 Cyg IC5067-68,IC5070 Pelican Nebula 20 50.8 +44 21 84.6 +0.1 E 80'x70' 1900±500 40 Cyg 6992,6995 Veil Nebula East 20 56.4 +31 43 75.6 -8.8 S 80'x8' 2000±700 50 Cyg 7000 North America Nebula 20 58.8 +44 20 85.5 -1.0 E 120'x100' 1900±500 70 Cep 7023 21 01.8 +68 12 104.1 +14.2 R 18'x18' 1500±500 8 Cep IC1396 21 39.0 +57 29 99.3 +3.7 E 170'x140' 2700±400 130 Cep IC5146 Cocoon Nebula 21 53.5 +47 16 94.4 -5.5 RE 10'x10' 3200±500 9 Cyg -- Cave Nebula (S155) 22 56.8 +62 37 110.2 +2.6 E 50'x30' 2400±500 35 Cep 7538 23 13.2 +61 29 111.5 +0.8 E 10'x7' 9000±3000 25 Cep 7635 Bubble Nebula 23 20.7 +61 12 112.2 +0.2 E 15'x8' 12000±3000 50 Cas Kolona 1: NGC (ili IC) kataloski broj magline. Kolona 2: Uobicajeno ime magline (na engleskom jeziku). Kolona 3: Rektascenzija u satima i minutima za epohu 2000. Kolona 4: Deklinacija u stepenima i minutima za epohu 2000. Kolona 5: Galakticka longituda magline. Kolona 6: Galakticka latituda magline. Kolona 7: Tip magline, Emisiona (E), Refleksiona (R) ili ostatak Supernove (S). Kolona 8: Uglovna velicina magline u arcminutama. Kolona 9: Udaljenost u svetlosnim godinama do magline - sa greskom. Kolona 10: Precnik magline u sg izracunata pomocu udaljenosti i uglovne velicine. Kolona 11: Sazvezdje u kome lezi veci deo magline. Izvori: Clark R., (1990), Visual Astronomy of the Deep Sky, Cambridge University Press. Blitz L., Fich M., Stark A., (1982), Catalog of CO Radial Velocities toward Galactic H II Regions. Astrophys J Supp, 49, 183. Caswell J.L., Haynes R.F., (1987) Southern HII Regions: an extensive study of radio recombination line emission, Astron. Astrophys. 171, 261. 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