IC 2118

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IC 2118 (also known as Witch Head Nebula due to its shape) is an extremely faint reflection nebula believed to be an ancient supernova remnant or gas cloud illuminated by nearby supergiant star Rigel in the constellation of Orion. The nebula lies in the Eridanus Constellation, about 900 light-years from Earth.

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Image: NASA/STScI Digitized Sky Survey/Noel Carboni, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.