Becklin-Neugebauer object
Becklin-Neugebauer object
(bek -lin noi -gĕ-b'ow-er) See BN object.Collins Dictionary of Astronomy © Market House Books Ltd, 2006
Becklin-Neugebauer object
[′bek·lin ′nȯi·gə‚bau̇·ər ‚äb‚jekt] (astronomy)
A compact source of infrared radiation in the Orion Nebula, probably a collapsing protostar of large mass. Abbreviated BN object.
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