Reflection nebulae are clouds of dust which are simply reflecting the light of a nearby stars. This energy is insufficient to ionize the gas of the nebula and respectively to create an emission nebula, but is enough to give sufficient scattering to make the dust visible. Thus, the color shown by the reflection nebulae is similar to that of the illuminating stars.
NGC 1333 (VdB 17) NGC 1977 NGC 2068 (M 78, VdB 59) NGC 2071 (VdB 60)
NGC 2170 (VdB 67) NGC 2245 (VdB 82) NGC 2247 NGC 6514 (M 20) NGC 6914
VdB 139 ((NGC 7023) IC 405 (VdB 34) IC 446 IC 447 IC 2118
M 45 (VdB 20 - 23) VdB 12 VdB 13 VdB 14 VdB 15
VdB 16 VdB 20 VdB 21 VdB 22 VdB 23
VdB 31 VdB 42 VdB 44 VdB 46 VdB 50
VdB 51 VdB 52 VdB 57 VdB 68 VdB 69
VdB 72 VdB 77 VdB 78 VdB 79 VdB 93
VdB 95 VdB 118 VdB 119 VdB 131 VdB 132
VdB 141 VdB 142 VdB 147 VdB 149 VdB 150
     
VdB 152 VdB 155      

 

 
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