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Michael A. Stecker
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 IC 2118 "Witch Head Nebula" Cropped image from Sky-Watcher Quattro 250P Newtonian telescope IC 2118 "Witch Head Nebula" 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. This is a joint project of James Foster and me using a 10-inch f/4 Newtonian telescope at Frazier Park California. Click here for full resolution photo file: WitchHead-JRF10NewtFB-1x1c-cr.jpg Photographic Data telescope: Sky-Watcher Quattro 250P, 10-inch f/4 Newtonian telescope with coma corrector aperture: 10-inch focal ratio: f/4 with 0.6X reducer/flattener FL = 1,000 mm mount and guiding: Astro-Physics 1200 GTO, off-axis guiding imaging camera: ZWO ASI2600MC-Pro color astro-camera filters: red, green, blue exposure: red: 300 sec X 15, green: 300 sec X 15, blue: 300 sec X 16 total exposure time: 230 min (3.8 hours) processing: Aquired and stacked by James Foster with Maxim DL. Post-processed in Adobe Photoshop Elements by Michael Stecker photographic site: James Foster's observatory at Frazier Park California https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frazier_Park,_California (Bortle 4 at 5,500 feet elevation) |
 IC 2118 "Witch Head Nebula" from Sky-Watcher Quattro 250P Newtonian telescope file: WitchHead-JRF10NewtFB-1x1c.jpg |
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IC 2118 "Witch Head
Nebula"
with William Optics ZenithStar 73 refractor (cropped) Photographic Data telescope: William Optics ZrnithStar 73 doublet refractor with field flattener (aperture 73 mm, f/5.9, FL= 430 mm)
mount and guiding
Astro-Physics 1200 GTO imaging camera: ZWO ASI2600MC-Pro color astro-camera. Imaged on September 17, 2023. exposure: 195 minutes -- HaRGB guiding: SVBony 60 mm f/4 guide scopr (FL= 240 mm) with ZWO ASI1200Mini guide camera
processing
Aquired and stacked by James Foster with Maxim DL. Post-processed in Adobe Photoshop Elements by Michael Stecker. . photographic site: James Foster's observatory at Frazier Park California https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frazier_Park,_California (Bortle 4 at 5,500 feet elevation) |
