Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Eridanus (Eri)  ·  Contains:  65 psi Eri  ·  IC 2118  ·  NGC 1752  ·  NGC 1797  ·  NGC 1799  ·  PK205-26.1  ·  The star ψEri  ·  Witch Head nebula
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Witch Head Nebula IC2118, Göran Nilsson
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Witch Head Nebula IC2118

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Witch Head Nebula IC2118, Göran Nilsson
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Witch Head Nebula IC2118

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Orion and its nebulas are getting low up here at 60°N, but I thought I would give the faint and difficult Witch Head Nebula (IC2118) a shot last night, or rather I managed 3 shots (3 x 12 min) before it disappeared behind the forest. It turned out better than I thought, although obviously not great with only 36 min of photons. I could not see any sign of it in the LCD display on the Canon (even at 12800 ISO), so I had really not much hope.

Explore Scientific ED80 apo with 0.79x TS reducer (so FL=380, f 4.75) and Canon 60Da at ISO 2000

-10°C outside helping with noise reduction).

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Witch Head Nebula IC2118, Göran Nilsson