Credit & Copyright: Yuugi Kitahara
Explanation:
Reflection nebulae reflect light from a nearby star.
Many small carbon grains in the nebula reflect the light.
The blue color typical of reflection nebula is caused by blue light being
more efficiently scattered by the carbon
dust than red light.
The brightness of the nebula is determined by the
size and density of the reflecting grains,
and by the color and brightness of the neighboring star(s).
NGC 1435,
pictured above, surrounds
Merope (23 Tau),
one of the brightest stars in the
Pleiades (M45).
The
Pleiades nebulosity is caused by a
chance encounter between an
open cluster of stars and a
molecular cloud.
The unusual area on the far left, known as
Bernard's Merope Nebula (IC 349),
reflects visible light with unusually high efficiency.
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