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Old 20-05-2015, 09:04 AM
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Originally Posted by Placidus View Post
I'm guessing that this is a reflection nebula illuminated by an orange star, analogous to that around Antares. Is that right?
The dusty stuff is thought to be integrated flux nebulosity, more specifically a part of Mandel-Wilson 9.

http://www.galaxyimages.com/MWCatalogue.html

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