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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"
Star Clouds Toward the Southern Crown
02/10/2002
A Sagittarius Starscape
18/09/2002
A Chamaeleon Sky
09/06/2002
Portrait of an Infant Solar System
07/06/2002
The Pipe Dark Nebula
26/05/2002
The Trifid Nebula from AAO
24/04/2002
Reflection Nebula M78
11/02/2002
The Mysterious Cone Nebula
07/01/2002
Starlight Reflections
28/12/2001
VDB 142 in Cepheus
11/10/2001
NGC 1977: Blue Reflection Nebula in Orion
22/07/2001
The Pleiades Star Cluster
06/05/2001
Jupiter, Saturn and Messier 45
22/03/2001
Infrared Horsehead
24/02/2001
Star Forming Region S106
20/02/2001
Orion's Horsehead Nebula
27/08/2000
Antares and Rho Ophiuchi
21/05/2000
Reflection Nebula M78
24/04/2000
M20: The Trifid Nebula
28/03/2000
A Panorama of Oddities in Orion A
13/03/2000
The Pipe Dark Nebula
05/03/2000
NGC 1999: Reflection Nebula in Orion
02/03/2000
The Pleiades Star Cluster
27/02/2000
NGC 2261: Hubble's Variable Nebula
20/10/1999
Our Galaxy in Stars, Gas, and Dust
27/09/1999
A Chamaeleon Sky
23/03/1999
Reflection Nebula NGC 1435
01/03/1999
A Milky-Way Band
24/02/1999
Reflections Of Orion
15/01/1999
Orion's Horsehead Nebula
03/01/1999