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spiral nebula

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Noun1.spiral nebulaspiral nebula - a galaxy having a spiral structure; arms containing younger stars spiral out from old stars at the center
extragalactic nebula, galaxy - (astronomy) a collection of star systems; any of the billions of systems each having many stars and nebulae and dust; "`extragalactic nebula' is a former name for `galaxy'"
Andromeda galaxy - a spiral galaxy in the constellation of Andromeda that is visible to the naked eye


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