Here is an image to guide those attempting to see IC2118:
http://www.astroimages.com/ic2118.htm
It is a refractor image from Astronomical Images by George Greaney.
The bright star is mag 4.8 psi Eri, the galaxy at lower right is mag 13.3 NGC 1752.
The brightest part of the nebula is about 1 degree to the left of psi Eri.