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NGC1909 - The Witch Head Nebula, raadoo
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NGC1909 - The Witch Head Nebula

NGC1909 - The Witch Head Nebula, raadoo
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NGC1909 - The Witch Head Nebula

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Just 2h under a Bortle 3 sky is still enough to get a decent stack of the famed Witch Head Nebula, near Orion. As an emission nebula, shooting it from my usual Bortle 7 location is not realistic as the city's light pollution would severely decrease the signal-to-noise ratio.

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NGC1909 - The Witch Head Nebula, raadoo

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