IC 2118 - Witch Head Nebula
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IC 2118 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 Orion. It lies in the Eridanus constellation, about 900 light-years from Earth. |
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Location / Exposure time |
Mt Paron December 2014 - Junary 2015 |
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Telesxope |
TS APO 65Q - 65mm f/6,5 Quadruplet Astrograph |
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EQ Mount |
SW AZEQ6 |
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Camera |
QHY9 CCD |
| Guiding |
60/230mm Lunatico's Guidescope , QHY5L II, PHD Guide |
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Filters / Exposures |
L 18x600 sec bin 1x, RGB 12x600 sec bin 1x |
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Total Exposure time |
9 hours |
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Software |
Nebulosity 3, Maxim DL, Pixinshight, Photoshop CS6. |
