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A broad emission band over the wavelength range ∼ 6000–7500 Å in submicron dust in the galaxy and in M82 can be explained by fluorescence phenomena in low-temperature chloroplasts and bacterial pigments. Alternative explanations do not appear to be promising.
1996, Astrophys. Space Sci 235, 343-347.
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Hoyle, F., Wickramasinghe, N.C. (2000). Biofluorescence and the Extended Red Emission in Astrophysical Sources. In: Hoyle, F., Wickramasinghe, N.C. (eds) Astronomical Origins of Life. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-4297-7_35
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