IC 2118 the Witch Head Nebula (RonAdams)

Celestial hemisphere: Southern · Constellation: Eridanus (Eri) · Contains: IC 2118 · The star ψEri · Witch Head nebula

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IC 2118 the Witch Head Nebula

It was supposed to rain last night. However I looked outside at dark and the sky was completely clear. So I hurried up and sat up all my gear. I had no idea what I was going to image. I looked around and noticed Orion and remembered that it's been a while since I imaged the Witch Head.

I normally shy away from this object because of the difficulty in processing. The processing is very time consuming and tedius for me at least. I've imaged this object once before and both times I've imaged this object I could see no nebulosity in the raw frames. It's hard to frame the object

if I can't see it. I usually use the bright star in the image to help with the framing but it's difficult to tell the orientation of the nebula to the star. Anyway with all of that said I did get an image and I'm pleased with the image. However I didn't get all of the light frames that I wanted because clouds and rain moved in and shut me down. Please enjoy my most recent image of IC 2118.

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