Category:Light echo
English: A light echo is a phenomenon observed in astronomy. Analogous to an echo of sound, a light echo is produced when a sudden flash or burst of light, such as that observed in novae, is reflected off a source and arrives at the viewer some time after the initial flash.
Category:Uses of Wikidata InfoboxCategory:Uses of Wikidata Infobox with no imagephysical phenomenon caused by light reflected off surfaces distant from the source, and arriving at the observer with a delay relative to this distance; analogous to an echo of sound, it mostly only manifests itself over astronomical distances | |||||
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Pages in category "Category:Light echo"
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- File:An echo of light (annotated) (potw1814b).jpg
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- File:An echo of light ShaSS 073, ShaSS 622, ShaSS 622-073 (cropped).jpg
- File:An echo of light ShaSS 073, ShaSS 622, ShaSS 622-073.jpg
- File:Anatomy of a light echo (heic0304f).jpg
- File:Cassiopeia A infrared echo (center).gif
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- File:Cassiopeia A infrared echo JWST (left).jpg
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- File:Cassiopeia A infrared echo JWST.jpg
- File:Cassiopeia A Infrared echo.jpg
- File:Cassiopeia A light echo JWST NIRCam.gif
- File:Cassiopeia-A-light-echo-animated.gif
- File:Eta Carinae light echo.gif
- File:Flash From Star V838 Monocerotis Echoes Through Space (2005-02-1637).jpg
- File:Ghostly Stellar Echoes in Supernova Remnant Cassiopeia A.jpg
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- File:Hubble watches light echo from mysterious erupting star (September 2002 image) (heic0304c).jpg
- File:Light continues to echo three years after stellar outburst (heic0503a).jpg
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- File:Light Echo at Galactic Center- Chandra Discovers Light Echo from the Milky Way's Black Hole (2007-gcle).webm
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- File:Light echo from Supernova 1987A (eso8802a).jpg
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- File:Light echo principle.svg
- File:Light Echoes (Artist's impression).jpg
- File:Light Echoes From Red Supergiant Star V838 Monocerotis - May 2002 (2005-02-1639).tiff
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- File:Spectacular view of V838 Monocerotis light echo (heic0617b).tiff
- File:Spectacular view of V838 Monocerotis light echo (heic0617c).tiff
- File:Spectacular views of V838 Monocerotis light echo (heic0617a).tiff
- File:Star V838 Monocerotis (V838 Mon) - May 20, 2002 (2004-10-1493).jpg
- File:The Expanding Light Echo of Red Supergiant Star V838 Monocerotis (2005-02-1643).jpg
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- File:V838 Monocerotis light echo (HST, November 2005 and September 2006).jpg
- File:V838 Monocerotis light echo (HST, November 2005).jpg
- File:V838 Monocerotis light echo (HST, September 2006).jpg