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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"
NGC 7023: The Iris Nebula
02/09/2023
Stars, Dust and Nebula in NGC 6559
10/07/2023
Stars and Dust across Corona Australis
22/06/2023
NGC 1333: Stellar Nursery in Perseus
22/04/2023
Orion and the Running Man
10/03/2023
NGC 2626 along the Vela Molecular Ridge
04/02/2023
Reflections on the 1970s
02/02/2023
LDN 1622: The Boogeyman Nebula
25/01/2023
Messier 45: The Daughters of Atlas and Pleione
05/01/2023
Horsehead and Flame
29/12/2022
The Light, the Dark, and the Dusty
30/11/2022
Wolf's Cave Nebula
15/11/2022
LDN 43: The Cosmic Bat Nebula
31/10/2022
A Beautiful Trifid
05/08/2022
The NGC 6914 Complex
07/07/2022
Seven Sisters versus California
05/04/2022
A Filament in Monoceros
18/03/2022
Chamaeleon I Molecular Cloud
17/02/2022
South of Orion
27/01/2022
Stars, Dust, and Gas Near Antares
26/01/2022
NGC 1333: Stellar Nursery in Perseus
11/11/2021
The Horsehead and Flame Nebulas
03/11/2021
NGC 6559: East of the Lagoon
07/10/2021
NGC 7023: The Iris Nebula
03/09/2021
A Beautiful Trifid
12/08/2021
Stars and Dust Across Corona Australis
06/08/2021
The Dark Tower in Scorpius
15/07/2021
IC 4592: The Blue Horsehead Reflection Nebula
05/07/2021
Scorpius Enhanced
16/06/2021
Horsehead and Orion Nebulas
09/05/2021