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recording data
| object | IC 2118 |
| date of recording |
5 December 2016 |
| exposure | 4.2 h, RGB: 151x100" |
| telescope | Celestron RASA F2.2 |
| focal lenght | 620mm |
| filter | IDAS LPS D1 |
| camera | Canon EOS 5Da MKII |
| guiding | 250mm guide scope, MGEN |
| mount | Celestron CGE pro |
| AstroBin | click here |
Who's afraid
of the witch?
The Witchhead Nebula (NGC 1909 or IC 2118) is a reflection nebula in the constellation River Eridanus, which reflects the blue light of the neighbouring bright star Rigel. The approximately 2° distance between Rigel and the Witchhead Nebula corresponds to a distance of approximately 28 light years, but the reflection nebula is approximately 200 light years further away. Rigel appears from there with an apparent brightness of -3.2 mag and would therefore be somewhat less bright than Venus seen from Earth.
The Witchhead Nebula is extremely faint and a real challenge for astrophotographers. On single exposures of 100 seconds not much of the fog could be recognized despite a bright optics.
Some scientists believe that IC 2118 could be an ancient supernova remnant.
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