This cloud of interstellar gas and dust, known as IC 2118, is nicknamed the Witch Head Nebula for its eerie shape. It is sculpted in part by radiation from the supergiant star Rigel, the brightest star of Orion, the hunter, which is outside the image. Rigel illuminates the nebula by reflecting off the dust grains, giving it a blue glow. [NASA/STScI Digitized Sky Survey/Noel Carboni]
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