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