Variable nebula
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Variable nebulae are reflection nebulae
that change in brightness because of changes in their star.
Reflection nebula
In Astronomy, reflection nebulae are clouds of dust which are simply reflecting the light of a nearby star or stars. The energy from the nearby star, or stars, is insufficient to ionize the gas of the nebula to create an emission nebula, but is enough to give sufficient scattering to make the dust...
that change in brightness because of changes in their star.