The Witch Head Nebula - IC2118 (Anis Abdul)

Celestial hemisphere: Southern · Constellation: Eridanus (Eri) · Contains: 65 psi Eri · 69 lam Eri · IC 2118 · NGC 1752 · NGC 1779 · NGC 1797 · NGC 1799 · NGC 1909 · PK205-26.1 · The star λEri · The star ψEri · Witch Head nebula · the Witch Head Nebula

Image of the day 02/26/2021

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The Witch Head Nebula - IC2118

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The Witch Head Nebula - IC2118

The witch head nebula! Finally managed to shoot this. I have attempted to shoot this before from Austin and actually managed to get this in spite of the LP (using the faster E130D scope). The target is quite bright for a non emission target. The field is also very colorful and littered with some pretty spiral galaxies. I Also got couple of asteroids (posted as a video earlier). OVerall, a very rewarding region to image.

I did shoot some Ha (about 8 frames) but ended up not using it. This is pure LRGB image and the Ha is visible . I did shoot 15 min L subs and each of the frame has a lot of signal (The whole nebula is clearly visible in a single frame than I ever got in my backyard)

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Camera gain: 26, Offset 10

L - 46x15 minutes

R/G/B - 12x15 minutes per channel

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RA (center)	05h04m51s.86
RA (top/left)	05h00m25s.27
RA (top/right)	05h00m23s.96
RA (bottom/right)	05h09m20s.80
RA (bottom/left)	05h09m17s.54

Dec (center)	-07°40′43″.6
Dec (top/left)	-05°52′53″.7
Dec (top/right)	-09°28′35″.4
Dec (bottom/right)	-09°28′27″.4
Dec (bottom/left)	-05°52′41″.2

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