The Witch Head Nebula (NGC 1909) in Eridanus

[Octane (Humayun)]

Ken,

It's an extremely faint object. I wonder if it is actually visible through a telescope?

I had to push hard in the processing to bring it out, and that's with 2 hours of exposure at ISO-800. I may have needed longer sub-exposures. Next time!

Regards,
Humayun

Originally Posted by Ken

Very nice image Humayan, this must be a very faint object I have looked for it visually a few times and seen nothing. Clear skies Ken

[tornado33]

Lovely image, Humayun, a very deep exposure.
Scott

[spacezebra (Petra)]

Absolutely brilliant - This object is also on APOD http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap061211.html.

Both excellent.

Cheers Petra

[Octane (Humayun)]

Scott,

Thank you.

Regards,
Humayun

Originally Posted by tornado33

Lovely image, Humayun, a very deep exposure.
Scott

[Octane (Humayun)]

Hi Petra,

Thanks for looking and the kind comment.

That APOD image is just astounding. I'm floored!

Regards,
Humayun

Originally Posted by spacezebra

Absolutely brilliant - This object is also on APOD http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap061211.html.

Both excellent.

Cheers Petra

[Phil]

Great shot Octane. Its amazing how you can get these photo with a canon EOS. There looks like to small galaxys in the top right hand side.
Phil

[spacezebra (Petra)]

An interesting exercise would be to see how many galaxies one can pick out of the image.

Cheers Petra