Wallpaper author:
Judith Prana
14 Jun 2025
Witch in Space!!! (LRGB)
IC 2118 (also known as Witch-Head Nebula due to its shape) is an extremely faint reflection nebula believed to be an ancient supernova remnant or gas cloud illuminated by nearby super-giant star Rigel in the constellation of Orion. This target has several spiral galaxies including NGC 1752 and others.
Dataset from which the image was processed
NGC 1909
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- Type of target............................................................................................................................Reflection Nebula
- Camera............................................................................................................................FLI PL16803
- Target coordinates............................................................................................................................RA 75.5 Dec -7.9
- Hemisphere............................................................................................................................Southern
- Telescope location............................................................................................................................Australia
- Transient event............................................................................................................................No
- Observed on............................................................................................................................12 Oct 2020 - 10 Nov 2021
Filter | Avg Exp (s) | Total Exposure | Subframes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Luminance | 871 | 10h10m | 42 |
| Red | 514 | 6h | 42 |
| Green | 512 | 5h50m | 41 |
| Blue | 498 | 5h40m | 41 |