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reflection nebula

noun

Definitions

  1. A nebula that consists of dust which reflects starlight and appears blue in photographs.

    • The Pleiades are surrounded by a reflection nebula.
    • 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.

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