Scope: FSQ-106N at f/5, Blair Valley, Anza Borrego Desert, CA, 27 December 2011, Camera: ST8300M
Exposure: 12 x 10 minutes (1x1) UV/IR Block , and 10 x 4 minute (2x2) RGB Exposures
The Witchhead Nebula is a complex of dust and gas forming a reflection nebula from the light of the star Rigel which is not in this image field but just off to the lower left. In this orientation, the Witchhead is inverted with the witch's knobby chin in the upper left. The Witchhead is a distance of about 1,000 light years from Earth.