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The Orion Nebula, a famous diffuse nebula. The Orion Nebula (also known as Messier 42, M42, or NGC 1976) is a Diffuse nebula situated south of Orion 's Belt

In astronomy, diffuse nebulae is the general term for illuminated nebulae. Astronomy (from the Greek words astron (ἄστρον "star" and nomos (νόμος "law" is the scientific study A nebula (from Latin: "mist" pl nebulae or nebulæ, with ligature or nebulas) is an Interstellar cloud of The three types of diffuse nebulae are reflection nebulae, emission nebulae and supernova remnants. In Astronomy, reflection nebulae are clouds of dust which are simply reflecting the light of a nearby Star or stars An emission nebula is a Cloud of Ionized Gas ( ie a plasma) emitting light of various colors A supernova remnant ( SNR) is the structure resulting from the gigantic explosion of a Star in a Supernova. They are diffuse as opposed to the non-diffuse dark nebulae, i. A dark nebula is a type of Interstellar cloud that is so dense that it obscures the light from the background emission or Reflection nebula (e e. the particles have spread out.

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