"reflection nebula" meaning in English

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          "text": "The Pleiades are surrounded by a reflection nebula.",
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          "ref": "2008, BioWare, Mass Effect, Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Citadel Station: Serpent Nebula Codex entry:",
          "text": "The Citadel is surrounded by a blue-tinted reflection nebula. The light of the nebula is actually light from the Citadel, scattered and reflected back at the station.",
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        "A nebula that consists of dust which reflects starlight and appears blue in photographs."
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        "(astronomy) A nebula that consists of dust which reflects starlight and appears blue in photographs."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "dark nebula"
        },
        {
          "word": "emission nebula"
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          "code": "de",
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          "sense": "type of nebula",
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          "word": "Reflexionsnebel"
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        "(astronomy) A nebula that consists of dust which reflects starlight and appears blue in photographs."
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