# interstellar reddening

> preferential scattering of short-wavelength light by interstellar dust, making distant starlight redder

**Wikidata**: [Q1079596](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1079596)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstellar_reddening)  
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