IC2118

Witch Head Nebula

IC2118

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Object Info

Type

Reflection Nebula

Constellation

Orion

Distance

1,000 ly

Capture Details

Date

September 19, 2009

Location

Palomar Mountain, CA

Exposure

Lum 9x15 (bin 1x1), R 4x5, G 4x5, B 4x5 (bin 2x2)

Equipment

Optics

Takahashi FS-60C Refractor

Focal Length

290mm @f/4.8

Mount

Astro-Physics 900GTO

Camera

SBIG ST-10XME

Focuser

Robo-Focus

Filters

CFW10A, Astrodon Gen 2 LRGB

Software

MaxIm DL, CCDStack, Photoshop