#reflection nebula

[theofficialastronomy101]

3200 megapixel shot of the NGC-6729

[quiltofstars]

The Blue Horsehead Nebula, IC 4592 // Michael Smithers

[livingforstars]

Starlight Reflections - April 14th, 1998.

"Wisps of dust fill the space between the stars. This dust is usually invisible, subtly acting to dim the light of more distant stars. Sometimes this dust is thick and prominent as dark patches on otherwise bright emission nebulae. Other times this dust may show itself by reflecting the light of bright, nearby stars. Because bright stars tend to be blue, and because dust reflects blue light more easily than red, the resulting reflection nebula usually appears blue. Pictured above is the reflection nebula Sharpless 2-1 in the constellation of Scorpius."

[rainie-is-seasonchange]

IC 4592 The blue horsehead nebula.

[spadenadduo]

‘Yall this doesn’t look like the forest’ 👀

[zespaceblog]

JWST Views The Serpens Nebula

The Serpens nebula lies 1,300 light years from Earth and shows some amazing features.

At the top left, stars and protostars thought to be no older than 100,000 years create huge outflows along the poles, that burst out of the shroud of dust and gas and creating shockwaves as they hit interstellar material.

Then at the centre is the bat shadow, over the operation time of Hubble this has been seen to move, as the dust and gas cast a shadow in a slightly different area.

and finally, an area that looks like a eye with a star shining out, although it is thought that isn't what it actually is, rather layers of dust and gas at different densities giving the appearance of depth.

[land-amidst-the-stars]

Horsehead Nebula (1)

Work in progress! First attempt at creating image of the Horsehead nebula (B 33) and the reflection nebula in the bottom left corner. Combines RGB filters as well as Halpha and SII gases. Approximately 36 exposures deep with more coming to hopefully improve image quality and detail!

[shaythempronouns]

IC 5146 - the Cocoon Nebula (HaRGB)

An especially fun target to shoot, because it's a combination emission and reflection nebula. The red in its center is ionized hydrogen, which emits a deep red glow, but the areas around the nebula with fewer stars are filled with dust, which reflects nearby starlight to produce the pale blue glow at the nebula's apparent edges.

Shot at 1600mm with a 200mm RC telescope and a ZWO ASI533MM Pro. 2h of Ha integrated exposure time, plus 1h each of RGB data.

All images on my blog, unless noted, are shot from my backyard in Bortle 7 skies.