Witch Head Nebula IC 2118, from Bortle 3 Bad Wolf Ranch, Texas. Met Steve and Wanda Hill there for another great dark sky night. Shot the Witch Head waiting for Markarian's Chain to get high in the sky. Lost about 1/4 of my lights to passing clouds, leaving just of 3 hours of data in this image. 2025-02-25-01:32 to 05:32 UT.


WO RedCat 250/51mm, Baader SkyGlow UV/IR filter, ASI533 MC camera, ASIAIR Plus controller, AM5N mount. 37 5' exposures stacked and processed in PixInsight with RC-Astro and SetiAstro tools. Final exp and crop in Affinity Photo