Twinkle, twinkle, little star how I wonder what you are. Up above the world so high, like a diamond in the sky". Although it isn"t actually a diamond it sure does look like one from light years away. In fact these so called "diamonds? are actually just forms of dust and gas. This so called dust is just a name for a particle larger than a molecule; the dust is only about 0.0002 mm across. And can you actually believe these forms of dust and mixtures of gasses have a name, when combined together? Well believe it or not, but they are called nebulas. In fact the word "nebula? comes from a Greek word meaning cloud, which is why it was names that. The reflection nebula is a type of Star.

The reflection nebula isn't really a star, however. It's really dust and carbon grains reflecting light off...