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What Ionizes the Gas in a Planetary Nebula and Makes

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What ionizes the gas in a planetary nebula and makes it visible?


A) X-ray photons emitted by a pulsar
B) Ultraviolet photons emitted by a white dwarf
C) The shock wave from a supernova
D) Hydrogen burning in the nebular gas

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