Finebularaptastic Astronomy Rap - Planetary Nebulae

A Finebularaptastic Video, featuring Melissa Mootoo and Gabriel Cleveland!

Everything you thought you didn't want to know about planetary nebulae... in an extra-sensory rap video! What!?

Lyrics:

Planetary Nebulae,
First discovered by Messier,
he found the Dumbell Nebula
Hiding out in Vulpecula
Since that time we've come along way
two hundred forty-five years today
William Herschel coined the name
'cause he thought that they looked the same
as Uranus, the planet he discovered,
but then it was soon uncovered
the truth: ionized clouds of gas
theyre all lit by stellar mass

---Interlude---
Hold on, Melissa, what IS that thing!?
That green line on your spectral screen? Well, you see...

---Continuation---
Double-ionized oxygen
Makes angstrom five-double-O-seven,
Could happen to any star,
Even happen to you
--But wait! Im nine times bigger than the sun:
Check the charts, Im number one!

Let me cut you down to size:
When a star like our sun dies
It blows off its material
With results quite ethereal
The core contracts and gas expands
You got a white dwarf on your hands
Different shapes, colors and size
Red-spider, rotten egg, or cats eye.

Got my brother, the Eskimo
Inner shell with his hood
Egg nebulas jet streams
Are up to no good
And whats up with that cat
Always watchin me
-You crazy? Hes lookin at
2440 NGC!

You got the halo, envelope, inner, the core
Globules, jet streams, bipolar, what more?
Ficka-ficka-fast low ionization
Emission. Region. generation.
Fast. Low. Ionization.
Emission. Region. Generation.

---Hold up, wait, why should I care?
Nebulae aint here they all the way out there!

Let me bring it down to yo face
Nebulae help us understand the rest of space
They can be used as a standard candle
I know thats a lot to handle,
By checkin their luminosity
We know how far away things are, you see
We have a hard time understandin dark matter
But nebulae can make it better
Not to mention the interstellar medium
Yknow the thing is freakin made of them!
Its an elemental depository
Also a celestial laboratory
Theres tons of uses, cant you see?
Theyre more than just plain astronomy

-You know Gabe, I think youre right:
Planetary nebulae are pretty far-out!
--Possibly something to write a song about?
-Nah, I wouldnt take it that far

Category:

Music

Tags:

• rap
• darth vader
• elmo
• planetary nebula
• nebulae
• astronomy
• cat's eye
• messier
• hip-hop
• wells college
• handel
• jet stream
• girl scout cookies
• ice cream
• passport
• laughter
• insanity
• synthesizer
• fun
• light
• fliers
• halo
• eskimo
• star
• white dwarf
• guitar
• planetary
• ridiculous
• diffuse nebulae
• NGC 2440

[rundown719]

this is hilarious love it

[wyvernxk7]

@rundown719 Thanks, man!

[BagelBecca]

Only you Gabe...only you. Love it!