Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Eridanus (Eri)  ·  Contains:  IC 2118  ·  NGC 1752  ·  The star ψEri  ·  Witch Head nebula
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The Witch Head, Richard S. Wright Jr.
The Witch Head
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The Witch Head

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The Witch Head, Richard S. Wright Jr.
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The Witch Head

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The Witch has been my nemesis for a few years now. Every attempt to image her has been foiled by bad glare from nearby Rigel, reflections in my optics, or just poor weather. This year I finally captured her at the Winter Star Party. This is only two hours of data, and I hope to revisit her again soon.

The Witch Head is a reflection nebula about 900 light years away to the lower right of Orion in the constellation Eridanus.

It's also my first light image with the new ESprit 80 APO, and the Chroma Lo-Glow light pollution filter. This object dips into the light dome of Key West from the WSP, and there was almost no difference in the sub between when she was overhead and when she was well into the light dome.

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The Witch Head, Richard S. Wright Jr.