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IC 2118, Witch Head Nebula, Richard Bright
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IC 2118, Witch Head Nebula

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IC 2118, Witch Head Nebula

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A 2-panel mosaic, 30 minutes each.  A bit noisy due to the pair of short exposures.  Consider this a trial run to see what I could get with the L-pro filter.  I was surprised to see that Rigel is punching a "doughnut hole" in the surrounding cloud of gas and dust.  For some reason I originally said I was using the Color Magic Duoband 3nm filter.  Oops ...

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IC 2118, Witch Head Nebula, Richard Bright

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