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IC 2118: The Witch Head Nebula (Credit: Digitized Sky Survey; Color Composite: Noel Carboni)
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IC 2118: The Witch Head Nebula (Credit: Digitized Sky Survey; Color Composite: Noel Carboni)
IC2118 wide field by chienyu0425 Detail: astrob.in/70l4jx/0/ https://flic.kr/p/2mZtj8F
The Witch Head Nebula (IC2118) is a reflection nebula, lit by the super giant star Rigel in the Orion constellation. it is about 900 light years from Earth, in the Eridanus constellation. It appears blue due to the dust particles reflecting blue over red, similarly to why the Earth’s sky appears blue.
Photo Credit: NASA/STScI Digitized Sky Survey/Noel Carboni
http://noel.prodigitalsoftware.com/Astrophotography.html
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Witch Head Nebula - IC2118 (portion of) by Mick Hyde on Flickr.
Nebula by Starlight
Credit: Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope/Coelum
Friday, March 30, 2012:
Small dust particles in this thin yet gigantic molecular cloud effectively scatter the starlight from surrounding giant blue stars in Orion, especially Rigel, causing the blue glow of reflection nebula IC 2118. — Tom Chao