Witch Head Nebula: IC 2118 by Doug Griffith

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19-MAR-2017

Witch Head Nebula: IC 2118

Beckwith Township, ON

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 Orion. Rigel is the large star on the extreme right of the image.

11 x 105 second subs (19.25 minutes accumulative exposure); ISO 1600; F/5 (aperture mask used).
Equipment: Nikon D7200; Nikon 300mm F/4E PF ED VR lens; Sky-Watcher Star Adventurer mini-German Equatorial Mount; Vello Intervelometer; Gitzo 5-Series Tripod; Really Right Stuff BH-40 Ball Head.

Shot in RAW; converted to TIFF files using ACR; Stacked in DSS; processed in CS6.

Again, many thanks to Rudy Pohl for his guidance and insight in developing this image.

Nikon D7200 ,nikkor AF-S 300mm f/4E PF ED VR
1155s f/4.0 at 300.0mm iso1600 full exif

other sizes: small medium original auto

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Hank Vander Velde		27-Mar-2017 13:51
An other super night sky shot Doug. God info too.

hayl		26-Mar-2017 19:31
A really beautiful and well explained series of nebula.

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