Comet ATLAS Approaching Lambda Orionis Nebula.
The bright blue star Bellatrix, a green comet, and the huge red Lambda Orionis nebula. Comet ATLAS (C/2020 M3) is seen here as the green glow above the bright blue star Bellatrix in the shoulder of Orion, and approaching the large diffuse red nebula surrounding the head star of Orion, Lambda Orionis. aka Meissa. The large nebula complex is catalogued as Sharpless 2-264. At right, above the comet, is the smaller emission and reflection nebula catalogued as vdB (vandenBurgh) 38. The sparse star cluster surrounding Lambda Orionis is Collinder 69.
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