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NGC 1909 - Witch Head Nebula

This nebula, which resembles a cloud, is located in the Orion constellation and is a very challenging deep-sky object to capture. Excellent sky conditions are essential, so I photographed it from Mitzpe Ramon (Bortle 3/4). The nebula spans a large portion of the sky, which is why I used my Sony Alpha 6400 camera (non-modified for astrophotography) with a 135mm lens, mounted on a telescope tripod. Additionally, I want to note that the camera was equipped with the 18-135mm kit lens. In total, I captured 80 photos, each with a 2-minute exposure, along with dark, flat, and bias corrections. The editing was done using PixInsight.

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Uploaded on December 30, 2024