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Posted: **Wed Jan 19, 2022 5:48 pm**

neufer wrote: ↑Wed Jan 19, 2022 4:00 pm
Chris Peterson wrote: ↑Tue Jan 18, 2022 8:32 pm
neufer wrote: ↑Tue Jan 18, 2022 8:25 pm
In any event, do you think that the illumination here is due to embedded T Tauri stars?
My guess is that the illumination here is external. Dust reflecting starlight.
Antares can barely light up its own local dust cloud: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap190827.html

Looks VERY lit up to me!

Posted: **Wed Jan 19, 2022 9:55 pm**

Chris Peterson wrote: ↑Wed Jan 19, 2022 5:48 pm
neufer wrote: ↑Wed Jan 19, 2022 4:00 pm
Chris Peterson wrote: ↑Tue Jan 18, 2022 8:32 pm
My guess is that the illumination here is external. Dust reflecting starlight.
Antares can barely light up its own local dust cloud: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap190827.html
Looks VERY lit up to me!

Antares has competition: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap201014.html

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