Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Eridanus (Eri)  ·  Contains:  19 Ori)  ·  20 Ori  ·  61 Eri  ·  62 Eri  ·  65 Eri)  ·  67 Eri)  ·  69 Eri)  ·  Algebar (β Ori  ·  Dhalim (β Eri  ·  NGC 1909  ·  Part of the constellation Eridanus (Eri)  ·  The star Cursa  ·  The star Kursi al Jauzah I (ψ Eri  ·  The star Kursi al Jauzah II (λ Eri  ·  The star Rigel  ·  The star b Eri  ·  The star τ Ori  ·  The star ω Eri  ·  the Witch Head Nebula
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IC2118 - The Witch Head Nebula, Craig Bobchin
IC2118 - The Witch Head Nebula
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IC2118 - The Witch Head Nebula

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IC2118 - The Witch Head Nebula, Craig Bobchin
IC2118 - The Witch Head Nebula
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IC2118 - The Witch Head Nebula

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I shot this from home on the night of February 3/4 it was my 1st successful attempt at capturing this object. 
Details:
Pentax K-1 and William Optics Whitecat 51 
Losmandy G-11 guided by MGEN III autoguider 
ISO 200
43x180s
12 dark frames 
12 flat frames 
Bias/dark flats 
Calibration - stacking in Affinity Photo 
Processed in Astro Pixel Processor, PixInsight, and Photoshop 
APP processing:
Crop
Light pollution removal 
Pixinsight processing:
Image solving/SPCC 
BXT
NXT
Stretch via EzSuite EZStretch
Photoshop 
Contrast
Saturation 
Color balancing 
Exposure
Sharpening

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IC2118 - The Witch Head Nebula, Craig Bobchin