Coreshine

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    infrared light scattered by unusually large grains of dust in the denser core regions of molecular clouds uncountable

    "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."

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"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."

Etymology

From core + shine.

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molecular cloud

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