reflection nebulae

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• Reflection nebula — In Astronomy, reflection nebulae are clouds of dust which are simply reflecting the light of a nearby star or stars. The energy from the nearby star, or stars, is insufficient to ionize the gas of the nebula to create an emission nebula, but is… …   Wikipedia

• List of diffuse nebulae — Emission and reflection nebulae= * Barnard s Loop * Boomerang Nebula * Bubble Nebula * Bubble Nebula in Barnard s Galaxy * California Nebula * Cave Nebula * Corona Australis Nebula * Cone Nebula * Crescent Nebula * Double Helix Nebula * Eagle… …   Wikipedia

• Nebula — Nebulae redirects here. For the supercomputer in China, see Nebulae (computer). For other uses, see Nebula (disambiguation). The Pillars of Creation from the Eagle Nebula …   Wikipedia

• nebula — nebular, adj. /neb yeuh leuh/, n., pl. nebulae / lee , luy /, nebulas. 1. Astron. a. Also called diffuse nebula. a cloud of interstellar gas and dust. Cf. dark nebula, emission nebula, reflection nebula …   Universalium

• Messier 78 — For other uses, see M78. M78 Image of the reflection nebula Messier 78 was captured using the Wide Field Imager camera on the MPG/ESO 2.2 metre telescope at the La Silla Observatory. Observation data: J2000.0 epoch …   Wikipedia

• Cosmic dust — Space dust redirects here. For other uses, see Space dust (disambiguation). Porous chondrite interplanetary dust particle. Cosmic dust is a type of dust composed of particles in space which are a few molecules to 0.1 µm in size. Cosmic dust… …   Wikipedia

• IC 5146 — Amateur image of IC 5146 Cocoon Nebula Observation data …   Wikipedia

• NGC 6729 — Very detailed false colour image from ESO s VLT. Observation data Type reflection/emission nebula …   Wikipedia

• Orion Nebula — The entire Orion Nebula in visible light. Credit: NASA/ESA Observation data: J2000 epoch …   Wikipedia

• Stellar kinematics — is the study of the movement of stars without needing to understand how they acquired their motion. This differs from stellar dynamics, which takes into account gravitational effects. The motion of a star relative to the Sun can provide useful… …   Wikipedia

• Iris Nebula — (NGC 7023 and LBN487) Observation data: J2000.0 epoch Type Reflection …   Wikipedia