Thread: yet another M42
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Old 28-09-2005, 10:22 AM
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Ving - As an emission nebula, most of what you see is radiated from the nebula – although parts of it are also reflected…dark gas lanes (some say dark nebulae) separate de Mairan’s from the main area – as for the shape and dark areas in the mouth, as far as I know, simply turbulent clouds of gas and dust…
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