NGC 1788 and the Witch's WhiskersImage Credit & Copyright: John Davis
http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap130419.htmlThis skyscape finds an esthetic balance of interstellar dust and gas residing in the suburbs of the nebula rich constellation of Orion. Reflecting the light of bright star Rigel, Beta Orionis, the jutting, bluish chin of the Witch Head Nebula is at the upper left. Whiskers tracing the red glow of hydrogen gas ionized by ultraviolet starlight seem to connect that infamous visage with smaller...
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