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Gyulbudaghian's Nebula, also designated GM 1-29, is a faint variable nebula in the constellation Cepheus. It is associated with the young variable star PV Cephei, whose changing brightness alters the amount of light reflected by surrounding dust. The nebula was identified in 1977 and has been observ...

The Toby Jug Nebula, catalogued as IC 2220, is a reflection nebula in the southern constellation Carina, about 1,200 light-years from Earth. It is a cloud of gas and dust illuminated by the evolved red giant HD 65750, which has shed material into its surroundings. The nebula has a roughly bipolar, b...

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Hind's Variable Nebula, catalogued as NGC 1555, is a reflection nebula in Taurus discovered by John Russell Hind in 1852. It is illuminated by T Tauri, a young variable star, and is visible because dust scatters the star's light. The nebula has changed in apparent brightness and extent as the illumi...

vdB 14 is a reflection nebula located in the northern constellation of Camelopardalis, cataloged by astronomer Sidney van den Bergh in 1966. The bluish nebula is illuminated by the starlight of CS Camelopardalis, a massive supergiant star located within the Cam OB1 stellar association. Unlike emissi...

vdB 15 is a reflection nebula in Camelopardalis listed in Sidney van den Bergh's 1966 catalog of reflection nebulae. Its visible glow comes from starlight scattered by surrounding dust rather than from the nebula producing its own light. The object is associated with the Cam OB1 star-forming region...

IC 59 is a diffuse nebula in the constellation Cassiopeia, close to the bright, unstable variable star Gamma Cassiopeiae. It contains both reflection and emission components: some of its visible light is scattered starlight, while nearby gas also produces its own emission. IC 59 forms part of the wi...

NGC 2071 is a reflection nebula in the constellation Orion, located in the Orion B molecular-cloud region. It is north of the better-known Orion Nebula and forms part of a larger area of dust and young stars that also includes M78. Infrared and X-ray observations have identified an embedded young st...

vdB 4 is a reflection nebula listed in Sidney van den Bergh's catalog of reflection nebulae, published in 1966. It lies in the constellation Cassiopeia and is associated with the star HIP 3401 and the nearby open cluster region around NGC 225. Unlike an emission nebula, a reflection nebula is visibl...

IC 447 is a faint reflection nebula in the constellation Monoceros. Its visible light is produced when nearby starlight is scattered by dust rather than generated by the nebula itself, giving the object the blue color commonly associated with reflection nebulae. It is part of the dust-rich star-form...

IC 2169 is a diffuse reflection nebula in the constellation Monoceros. Its bluish appearance results from nearby starlight being scattered by microscopic dust in the surrounding material, rather than from the nebula producing most of its visible light itself. The object is relevant to amateur and pr...

Bernes 149 is a cometary reflection nebula associated with the Chamaeleon I dark cloud in the southern constellation Chamaeleon. Its visible light is not produced primarily by the nebula itself, but by starlight scattered by nearby dust. The object lies in a region containing dense molecular materia...

vdB 1 is a reflection nebula in the constellation Cassiopeia and the first entry in Sidney van den Bergh's Catalog of Reflection Nebulae. Its bluish appearance comes from starlight scattered by surrounding dust rather than from the gas emitting its own light. The nebula is associated with the star B...