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Rigel and the Witch Head Nebula (IC 2118), HR_Maurer
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Rigel and the Witch Head Nebula (IC 2118)

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Rigel and the Witch Head Nebula (IC 2118)

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The Witch Head Nebula is a reflecting molecular cloud in constellation Eridianus, in about 900 LJ distance. It is illuminated by supergiant star Rigel, the seventh-brightest star in the sky and the brightest in constellation Orion, around 860 LJ distant from our sun.

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