Michael A. Stecker
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IC 2118 "Whitch Head Nebula" and star Rigel -- widefield
in Oxygen-III and RGB light
James Foster's shot of Wittch Head Nebula and Rigel with my Askar 103APO (4-inch) triplet refractor reduced to f/4 and ZWO ASI6200MM-Pro Cmos mono camera  through Oxygen-III, Red, Green, & Blue filters for exposure times of 49, 77, 92, & 75 minutes, respectively.  The bright blue-white super giant star Rigel (Beta Orionis) is seen at the upper right corner.
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file: WitchHeadNeb-OIIIRGB4C=JRForig-a2sm.jpg

Photographic Data
teleascope:
Askar 103APO triplet refractor with 0.6X reducer
focal length: about 420 mm
focal ratio: f/4

mount:
iOptron CEM60

camera:
ZWO ASI6200MM-pro full-frame monochrome astro-camera

filters and exposures:
OIII, Red, Green, & Blue filters for exposure times of 49, 77, 92, & 75 minutes, respectively.
total exposure time: 293 minutes (4.88 hours)




IC 2118 "Whitch Head Nebula" and star Rigel --  widefield add on sky to Rigel
in Oxygen-III and RGB light
Click here for full resolution photo
file: WitchHeadNeb-OIIIRGB4C-JRForig-a2addRUQ-x2GXPbed3-adsm.jpg
 
 
 

Cropped & flipped image of photo above "Witch Head Nebula": Askar 103APO at f/4 in O-III & RGB light
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file: WitchHeadNeb-OIIIRGB4C-JRForig-a1cr1x1rotGXPrbd2-acrsm.jpgg