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Reflection Nebula
A reflection nebula is a cloud of interstellar dust that becomes visible due to the light from nearby stars reflecting off its particles. Unlike emission nebulae, reflection nebulae do not emit their own light but shine by scattering the light of nearby stars.
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APODs including "Reflection Nebula"
Orion and the Running Man
13/11/2025
Pleiades from Planet Earth
01/11/2025
Dust Shapes of the Ghost Nebula
29/10/2025
The NGC 6914 Complex
19/09/2025
A Beautiful Trifid
09/07/2025
The Seagull Nebula
26/06/2025
Seven Sisters versus California
05/03/2025
Reflections on VdB 31
13/02/2025
The Spider and the Fly
11/02/2025
The Variable Nebula NGC 2261
31/01/2025
Stardust in the Perseus Molecular Cloud
25/01/2025
LDN 43: The Cosmic Bat Nebula
27/10/2024
NGC 6727: The Rampaging Baboon Nebula
24/09/2024
Horsehead and Orion Nebulas
10/09/2024
Quarter Moon and Sister Stars
03/09/2024
The Dark Tower in Scorpius
22/08/2024
The Light, Dark, and Dusty Trifid
10/08/2024
NGC 7023: The Iris Nebula
25/07/2024
A Beautiful Trifid
04/07/2024
Colorful Stars and Clouds near Rho Ophiuchi
11/06/2024
Chamaeleon I Molecular Cloud
27/05/2024
The Seagull Nebula
13/03/2024
NGC 2170: Angel Nebula Abstract Art
05/03/2024
The Pleiades: Seven Dusty Sisters
29/01/2024
Star Cluster IC 348 from Webb
15/01/2024
The Light, the Dark, and the Dusty
10/01/2024
Milky Way Rising
01/12/2023
The Horsehead Nebula
20/11/2023
Reflections of the Ghost Nebula
30/10/2023
IC 4592: The Blue Horsehead Reflection Nebula
26/09/2023