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Originally Posted by Placidus
I'm guessing that this is a reflection nebula illuminated by an orange star, analogous to that around Antares. Is that right?
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The dusty stuff is thought to be integrated flux nebulosity, more specifically a part of Mandel-Wilson 9.
http://www.galaxyimages.com/MWCatalogue.html
Cheers,
Rick.