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SO much of the universe is beyond the naked eye. Reflection nebulae could have been yet another cosmic mystery, if it wasn’t for the neighbouring young stars that sets them apart. What is a r… ...

The Iris Nebula (NGC 7023) is an odd reflection nebula surrounding a magnitude 7.4 star, SAO 19158, in the constellation Cepheus. Skip to content Introducing the all-new Astronomy.com Forum!

These nebulae—LDN 227 and IC 1275—lurk east of the Lagoon Nebula (Image Credit: Jean-Charles Cuillandre (CFHT), Hawaiian Starlight, CFHT). Of course, the vast majority of prominent reflection ...

Reflection nebula. Clouds of dust and gas that are lit-up by nearby stars are called reflection nebula. That scattering of light is sometimes called “nebulosity” and it’s most famously seen ...

Hubble captures three infant stars lighting up a blue nebula, with a secret protostar forming in a shadowed disc below.

Faint tufts of the reflection nebula extend farther to the north, toward and beyond 7th-magnitude HD 164514. Make sure to explore Astronomy’s full list of 101 cosmic objects you must see.

An example of a reflection nebula is one called NGC 1999, which is illuminated by a bright recently formed star close to the famous Orion Nebula. The third category of nebulae is what's called ...

Greetings stargazers. Many scientific terms are very specific, but the term nebula is, well, nebulous. In a very generic sense, it simply means a fuzzy thing. But there are a wide variety of ...

SO much of the universe is beyond the naked eye. Reflection nebulae could have been yet another cosmic mystery, if it wasn’t for the neighbouring young stars that sets them apart. What is a r… ...