Rigel and the Witch Head Nebula are shown here. The witch head galaxy, named after the mysterious characters who exist throughout literature, like Mcbeth, is 50 light years wide, and reflects Rigels starlight through intersteller dust. The nebula appears blue partly for the same reason the earths sky is blue, the particles reflect blue the best. The other reason is that Rigel is more blue than our sun is.
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