Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Eridanus (Eri)  ·  Contains:  NGC 1909  ·  the Witch Head Nebula
IC2118 Witch head Nebula, Utkarsh mishra
IC2118 Witch head Nebula
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IC2118 Witch head Nebula, Utkarsh mishra
IC2118 Witch head Nebula
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IC 2118 (also known as Witch Head Nebula due to its shape) 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. It lies in the Orion constellation, about 900 light-years from Earth.

Around 4.5hrs-5 of Data from 16"f3,7 dream scope 1x1 , Skypie Remote observatory

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Image credit copyright : Michael Petrasko , Muir Evenden , Utkarsh Mishra

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IC2118 Witch head Nebula, Utkarsh mishra