Coreshine
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Coreshine is a noun meaning (astronomy) infrared light scattered by unusually large grains of dust in the denser core regions of molecular clouds.
Meaning
(astronomy) infrared light scattered by unusually large grains of dust in the denser core regions of molecular clouds.
Example Sentences
In the case of Rho Oph 9, we were unable to reliably disentangle the coreshine emission from background variations and the strong local PAH emission.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include schiller, stardust, iridescence, parselene, kashinite, dust.
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