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Wednesday, May 31, 2023

Collection of reflection nebula photos

This post is a collection of reflection nebula photos. There are 8 nebulas listed below alphabetically. Wikipedia says, "...reflection nebula are clouds of interstellar dust which might reflect the light of a nearby star or stars." (Wikipedia: Reflection nebula, 5.1.23 UTC 20:43)

 

IC 2118

Photo source: Wikimedia Commons, NASA

 

 

 

IC 405

Photo source: Wikimedia Commons, Hewholooks

License: CC BY-SA 3.0

 

 

 

IC 410

Photo source: Wikimedia Commons, CinLiLu

License: CC BY-SA 4.0

 

 

 

IC 417

Photo source: Wikimedia Commons, Credit Line and Copyright Adam Block / Mount Lemmon. SkyCenter / University of Arizona

License: CC BY-SA 3.0 US

 

 

 

Messier 78

Photo source: Wikimedia Commons, ESO/lgor Chekalin

License: CC BY 4.0

 

 

 

NGC 1788

Photo source: Wikimedia Commons, ESO

License: CC BY 4.0

 

 

 

NGC 1977

Photo source: Wikimedia Commons, W4sm astro

License: CC BY-SA 4.0

 

 

 

NGC 7129

Photo source: Wikimedia Commons, Jschulman555

License: CC BY 3.0