Witch Head Nebula and Rigel - Ic2118 - NASA APOD 31-10-2026

by Simone Curzi

Objects in field: the Witch Head Nebula, Witch Head nebula, NGC 1720, NGC 1726, NGC 1752, NGC 1779, NGC 1797, NGC 1799, NGC 1909, IC 398, IC 2118, LBN 959, LBN 968, LBN 975, 19 bet Ori, 19 Ori), 65 Eri), 65 psi Eri, 69 Eri), 69 lam Eri, Algebar (β Ori, PK205-26.1, Rigel, The star Kursi al Jauzah I (ψ Eri, The star Kursi al Jauzah II (λ Eri, The star Rigel

Equipment: William Optics RedCat 51 II, ZWO ASI2600MM Pro

Integration: 44h 10m

The Witch's Head Nebula and Rigel proved to be a real challenge in my astrophotography journey. The many hours of integration were collected in the months of December and January under the sky (bortle 4/5) of my small home observatory on the Adriatic coast. The processing was carried out using Pixinsight, and pixelmath formulas for both mixing the ha all rgb and stellar reduction were decisive…