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Witch Head Nebula. Image Credit: NASA

Witch Head Nebula. Image Credit:  NASA/STScI Digitized Sky Survey/Noel Carboni. www.nasa.gov

 

Look very closely.  Can you see her? This image is the Witch Head Nebula.  Her reflection is associated with the star Rigel. Its process of color assimilation is similar to that of Earth’s. In comparison, the blue color of Earth’s star also causes a reflection that makes the daytime sky appear blue. Rigel, like a “cosmic” make-up artist gives this fairy-tale-like crone her eerie blue complexion.

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