The witch

[prokyon]

Hi folks,

IC 2118 is one of my favorite objects. But so difficult. Deep in the south and there are so many geostationary satellites.

I made some frames in December. But I am still processing... .

A lot of dust and nebulas in the area. I checked it out, the different colours in the background are real.

http://www.prokyon.startime.at/Bilder/Witchheadnebula_LRGB_1000pix.jpg

done with the Moravian G2-8300 and Canon EF 200. LRGB

Cheers

Werner

[msinclairinork]

That is another stunning image Werner!

Really so much going on in there!

So when you say geostationary satellites are you reffering to the bright streak in the top left corner? or the big bright stars with the diffration spikes? Just curious.

Thanks for sharing,

Michael

[Ewok]

fantastic image Werner .

[prokyon]

Hi Martin and Michael,

thank you!

@Michael

here the R channel with the satellites (and one aeroplane):

I have it in all channels! It is difficult to remove them.

Cheers

Werner

[msinclairinork]

WOW! That is alot of trafic!

So how did you remove them...in stacking?

Thanks,

Michael

[Ewok]

Good grief , now I see .

[mark7331]

Wow. Now that is grace under pressure.

[G2EWS]

Hi Werner,

Really great, I do love this image.

Looks lime you did a lot of cloning to get rid of the trails!

Regards

Chris

[ollypenrice]

Oh yes!!! That is a stunning picture and, yes, the colours are certainly real. If you look at an Ha Orion you see that the Witch is embedded, visually at least, in the western arc of Barnard's Loop. Peter Shah showed the strong Ha background in his last image with his AO8.

While here a couple of weeks back a guest was also persucuted by satellites while shooting in southern Monoceros, next door. It is a nuisance.

Olly

[MrsR]

Wow

[peter shah]

nice to see a wider view of this one...it is one of my favourite objects, Very tricky with those Geo's....you have a good strong signal very nicely done.....and those colours in the background are very real

a beautiful rendition top job

[G2EWS]

Hi Werner, or anyone else who can help,

I have Stellarium-xl, Star Walk and Redshift on my iPad but none can show me where or represent The Witch nebula. Stellarium shows it is IC2118 and a rough direction but I have no representation of it on any of these software packages. Am I doing something wrong or should I be using some other software?

I was trying to check as I would like to try and look for myself if that is possible once I get my kit set up properly. Oh and the clouds clear off!

Best regards

Chris

[msinclairinork]

Try tryping in "Witch Head Nebula" although IC2118 is what it is.

It is just 2 degrees NE(if you like) of the star Rigel in Orion.

HTH

Michael

[G2EWS]

Hi Michael,

Many thanks for your suggestion.

The best that I can get is this from Stellarium on the computer:

General direction but that is about it.

What concerns me - for future attempted viewing - is why have all three packages not show it. Is it too far away for a normal hobbyist scope?

Best regards

Chris

[NickK]

Ok, got it lol.

[prokyon]

Sorry, I am back again with the witch

But I did some new processing with THELI and colour calibration with Regim.

There are so many clouds in the background. You can see them better now, I think.

http://www.prokyon.startime.at/Bilder/IC_2118_colours.jpg

Cheers

Werner

[tiwar]

Staggeringly good!!!!

T x