Reflection Nebulae

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Nov 2000

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2000eaa..booke1716w&link_type=abstract

"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 1716. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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Interstellar Medium, Interstellar Medium Models And Concepts

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Dust in interstellar space interacts with light primarily by scattering. When a concentration or cloud of dust happens to be near a bright source of light such as a star or group of stars, the resultant scattered light stands out against the sky background and identifies this cloud as a reflection NEBULA. Given that the source of light is almost invariably starlight, a defining characteristic of ...

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