Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Eridanus (Eri)  ·  Contains:  65 Eri)  ·  NGC 1909  ·  The star Kursi al Jauzah I (ψ Eri  ·  the Witch Head Nebula
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Witch Head Nebula, NGC 1909, George Hatfield
Witch Head Nebula, NGC 1909
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Witch Head Nebula, NGC 1909

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Witch Head Nebula, NGC 1909, George Hatfield
Witch Head Nebula, NGC 1909
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Witch Head Nebula, NGC 1909

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The data for this image are from Wei Hao Wang's image repository (https://www.astrobin.com/mjhcd5/) and consisted of 2.9 hours of Nikon D800 images.  The telescope was a Takahashi Epsilon 180 ED located in Taiwan.  These DSLR images are very large, over 36Mp.  The downloaded images were calibrated with the provided flats and darks using WBPP.  Aside from using GraXpert AI to remove gradients, most of the processing was done using Pixinsight.  Minor adjustments were made using Photoshop.

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Witch Head Nebula, NGC 1909, George Hatfield