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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.
Source: science.nasa.gov
APODs including "Reflection Nebula"
Horsehead: A Wider View
03/05/2013
NGC 1788 and the Witch's Whiskers
19/04/2013
IC 4592: The Blue Horsehead Reflection Nebula
02/04/2013
NGC 2170: Celestial Still Life
14/01/2013
The Dark Tower in Scorpius
06/01/2013
Rigel and the Witch Head Nebula
01/11/2012
VdB 152: A Ghost in Cepheus
31/10/2012
Reflection Nebula vdB1
26/10/2012
NGC 7023: The Iris Nebula
29/09/2012
Stars in a Dusty Sky
28/09/2012
Stars and Dust Across Corona Australis
27/09/2012
M45: The Pleiades Star Cluster
03/09/2012
Colorful Clouds Near Rho Ophiuchi
28/08/2012
Simeis 188 in Stars, Dust and Gas
27/06/2012
Scorpius in Red and Blue
25/05/2012
A Fox Fur, a Unicorn, and a Christmas Tree
10/04/2012
NGC 1579: Trifid of the North
09/03/2012
NGC 2170: Celestial Still Life
06/03/2012
Merope's Reflection Nebula
15/02/2012
Orion in Gas, Dust, and Stars
12/02/2012
IC 2118: The Witch Head Nebula
17/01/2012
In Wolf's Cave
19/11/2011
Star Forming Region S106
07/11/2011
Great Orion Nebulae
13/09/2011
A Dusty Iris Nebula
04/08/2011
A Milky Way Band
10/07/2011
Stars and Dust Across Corona Australis
27/06/2011
A Beautiful Trifid
13/05/2011
The Dark Tower in Scorpius
27/04/2011
Young Stars in the Rho Ophiuchi Cloud
14/04/2011