Nebula



A nebula, or galactic nebula, is an interstellar cloud of matter, usually gases (such as hydrogen) and dust. Many nebulae are stellar nurseries.

Since sensors and other systems functioned poorly in many nebulae, they were often used by starships to strategic advantage in conflicts.

The USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D) hid inside the Paulson Nebula from a Borg cube, temporarily shielding them from the Borg sensors. 

In 2371, Tom Riker took the hijacked USS Defiant (2370) into a nebula after Major Kira sabotaged the ship and temporarily rendered its cloaking device ineffective. 

Ransom once hid from a Klingon Bird-of-Prey for three days in a nebula near Epsilon IV. 

In 2376, USS Equinox crewmember Maxwell Burke suggested taking the ship into a class 2 nebula in order to avoid the pursuing USS Voyager. 

While Voyager was undergoing a maintenance overhaul in 2377, the Delta Flyer II searched a nebula near Annari space for dilithium. 

Later that year, a ship crewed by Hirogen prey holograms, led by Iden, hid from two Hirogen hunting vessels inside a nebula. In response, the Hirogen Alpha ordered one of his ships to circle the nebula, while the other entered it to drive the holograms out. Iden eventually left the nebula on his own to "liberate" three holograms on a nearby Nuu'Bari mining vessel. 

When the Voyager crew was forced to abandon ship due to tetryon radiation from a subspace mine in 2377, The Doctor, as the ECH, took the ship into a nebula to escape marauders. 

Nebula classification

 * Class 1
 * Class 2
 * Class 3
 * Class 9
 * Class 11
 * Class 17
 * Class J
 * Class K
 * Class T
 * Mutara class

Nebula types

 * Dark nebula
 * Dark matter nebula
 * Dichromic nebula
 * Emission nebula
 * Hydrogen cloud
 * Inversion nebula
 * Micro-nebula
 * Planetary nebula
 * Proto-nebula
 * Protostellar nebula
 * Reflection nebula
 * Stellar nursery

Nebulae

 * Mutara Nebula
 * Paulson Nebula
 * Ionite Nebula
 * Eagle Nebula
 * Cat's Eye Nebula
 * Azure Nebula
 * Omarion Nebula
 * Keyhole Nebula
 * Arachnid Nebula
 * MacPherson Nebula
 * Volterra Nebula
 * Chamra Vortex
 * Mar Oscura Nebula
 * Eagle Nebula
 * M2-9
 * Ngame Nebula
 * Bubble Nebula
 * Unnamed nebulae

Background information
In the of Star Trek: The Motion Picture, the film would have begun in deep space. After witnessing a supernova, the camera would move on, searching for V'ger. In its search, the camera would have seen "sparkling nebulae."

The final draft script of refers to the Agasorian Nebula, though that particular nebula is not referenced in canon.

External link
Stellarer Nebel 星雲 Nevel