Witch Head Nebula (NGC1909 / IC 2118) (DoubleStarPhotography)

Celestial hemisphere: Southern · Constellation: Eridanus (Eri) · Contains: 63 Eri · 65 Eri) · 65 psi Eri · 69 Eri) · 69 lam Eri · IC 2118 · IC 398 · LBN 959 · LBN 968 · LBN 975 · NGC 1720 · NGC 1721 · NGC 1723 · NGC 1725 · NGC 1726 · NGC 1728 · NGC 1752 · NGC 1779 · NGC 1797 · NGC 1799 · NGC 1909 · PK205-26.1 · The star 63 Eri · The star Kursi al Jauzah I (ψ Eri · The star Kursi al Jauzah II (λ Eri · Witch Head nebula · the Witch Head Nebula

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Witch Head Nebula (NGC1909 / IC 2118)

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Witch Head Nebula (NGC1909 / IC 2118)

NGC1909 /IC 2118 is an extremely faint reflection nebula believed to be an ancient supernova remnant or gas cloud illuminated by nearby supergiant star Rigel in the constellation of Orion. The nebula lies in the Eridanus Constellation, about 900 light-years from Earth. (Wikipedia)

Taken on a EXTREMELY frosty night here in Maryland Christmas night.....but the moon was still a waxing cresent and the skies were very clear (but cold).....so much like the witchy figure in this image, I starred at the brillance of Rigel's blue fiery light from a distance and imagined the warmth it must hold! ;-)

I was pleasantly surprised to discover when processing this image how many distant faint galaxies revealed in the background of this image!

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RA (center)	05h02m10s.95
RA (top/left)	04h49m21s.70
RA (top/right)	04h59m05s.16
RA (bottom/right)	05h14m58s.49
RA (bottom/left)	05h05m14s.90

Dec (center)	-08°27′14″.6
Dec (top/left)	-08°57′29″.7
Dec (top/right)	-11°34′19″.2
Dec (bottom/right)	-07°55′25″.2
Dec (bottom/left)	-05°19′59″.3

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