Becklin-Neugebauer object

Becklin-Neugebauer object

(bek -lin noi -gĕ-b'ow-er) See BN object.

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.