Our TOP 5 WITCH HEAD NEBULA Images
Image by James Shimoji
IC2118 Rigel & Witch Head Nebula
Date:
December 31 2016@Gulliver Parking,Yamanashi,Japan（1130meters above sea level）
Equipment
Telescope: Takahashi FSQ106ED 645RD (380mm f/3.6)
Camera: Nikon D810A
Mount: Skywatcher EQ8
Guide scope: Eyebell 400mm F5
Guide Camera: StarlightExpress Superstar
Data
ISO1600 450sec x 36
Calibration & Batch composite: Pixinsight （No dark calibration)
Post production: Pixinsight & Photoshop CC2014
Image by Ken Mitchell
Witch Head Nebula
Witch Head Nebula IC2118 (2019 edit)
Nikon d610
170mm /f4/ iso800
156 x 90sec
Stacked in DSS and processed in Photoshop
Image by David Dvali
Witch Head Nebula
QHY163M, QHY168C. Canon 300mm F/4. 4 hours only
Image by Terry Hancock
Witch Hunt for Orion
Captured over 2 nights from Grand Mesa Observatory, Purdy Mesa Colorado
using the full frame QHY367C one shot color CMOS camera on a Rokinon 135mm
F2 lens stopped down to F4. This is a 2 panel mosaic covering an area from
The Witch head Nebula IC 2118 in the upper left of the image to the Dark
Nebula LDN 1622 in the bottom right and it covers a whopping 15 degrees x
18.5 degrees of sky, big enough for the moon to fit over 550 times.
Total Integration time just over 4 hours
Image capture details
Terry Hancock downunderobservatory.com
Location: GrandMesaObservatory.com Purdy Mesa, Colorado
Dates: December 10,18th 2017
RGB 119 x 1 min, 67 x 2 min
Camera: QHY367C
Gain 2850, Offset 76 with Dark Frames no Flat.
Optics: Rokinon 135mm F2 Telephoto Lens @ F4
Focusing: David Lane's Reveal Focus Filter
EQ Mount: Piggyback on 12" RC, Paramount ME
Image Acquisition software Maxim DL5
Pre Processed in Pixinsight
Post Processed in Photoshop
Image by Yuriy Toropin
IC2118 Witch Head Nebula (data by Andrey Kuznetsov)
Photons have been collected by Andrey Kuznetsov.
FSQ106-ED, FLI PL-09000, Takahashi EM-200
LRGB 50-50-50-50 (5 min exp)
Processing is mine.