Lagotis is another object that can show how new telescope data can reclassify previously discovered objects. The reflection ...

This week’s small telescope target is the sky’s brightest reflection nebula: M78 in Orion. Through a small telescope at about 120x, you’ll spot an 11th-magnitude star. On either side of this ...

This type of nebula is called a reflection nebula, because its internal light is scattered or reflected. Credit: Davide De Martin/ESA/ESO/NASA. Image Processing: Photoshop FITS Liberator Sharp ...

The nebula's iconic blue hue comes from the light of star Rigel, whose intense radiation and stellar winds interact with the ...

The bright variable star V 372 Orionis takes center stage in this Hubble Space Telescope image, which has also captured a smaller companion star in the upper left of this image.

The Iris is a reflection nebula, a cloud of gas and dust illuminated by a central star. It's six light-years across, and lies 1400 years away from the earth. The Eagle Nebula is a young open cluster ...