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Nov 2000

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2000eaa..booke6078.&link_type=abstract

"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 6078. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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Interstellar Medium, Interstellar Medium Objects

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M78 is a reflection nebulosity seen against the Lynds 1630 dark cloud and appears to be associated with the Orion complex. It contains many bright, hot B stars which are probably very young and about 45 variables have been identified in or near the nebula. For this reason, M78 is also sometimes referred to as a `young embedded cluster' and has been important for the study of stellar evolution. It...

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