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M81, M82 and  Integrated Flux Nebula MW 3 Volcano Nebula, Stephan May
M81, M82 and  Integrated Flux Nebula MW 3 Volcano Nebula
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M81, M82 and Integrated Flux Nebula MW 3 Volcano Nebula

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M81, M82 and  Integrated Flux Nebula MW 3 Volcano Nebula, Stephan May
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M81, M82 and Integrated Flux Nebula MW 3 Volcano Nebula

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Integrated flux nebulae are a relatively recently identified astronomical phenomenon. In contrast to the typical and well known gaseous nebulae within the plane of the Milky Waygalaxy, IFNs lie beyond the main body of the galaxy. The term was coined by Steve Mandel who defined them as "high galactic latitude nebulae that are illuminated not by a single star (as most nebula in the plane of the Galaxy are) but by the energy from the integrated flux of all the stars in the Milky Way (Wikipedia)

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M81, M82 and  Integrated Flux Nebula MW 3 Volcano Nebula, Stephan May