Dust lane
For the Yann Tiersen album, see Dust Lane (album).
The Sombrero Galaxy features a prominent dust lane.
A dust lane is a relatively dense obscuring band of interstellar dust, observed as a dark swath against the background of a brighter object, especially a galaxy.
See also
- Interplanetary medium – interplanetary dust
- Interstellar medium – interstellar dust
- Intergalactic medium – Intergalactic dust
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