reflection nebula
English
Noun
reflection nebula (plural reflection nebulas or reflection nebulae)
- (astronomy) A nebula that consists of dust which reflects starlight and appears blue in photographs.
- The Pleiades are surrounded by a reflection nebula.
- 2008, BioWare, Mass Effect, Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, OCLC 246633669, PC, scene: Citadel Station: Serpent Nebula Codex entry:
- The Citadel is surrounded by a blue-tinted reflection nebula. The light of the nebula is actually light from the Citadel, scattered and reflected back at the station.
Translations
type of nebula
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See also
- dark nebula
- emission nebula