The Head of a Witch

Author: Tom* Comments(12)

I can’t help myself, here’s another image that lends itself perfectly for Halloween. This is the Witch Head Nebula. I couldn’t see the witches head at first but once I recognized it – WOW this is great!

This nebula is known as a reflection nebula. Fine dust in this case is being lit mostly from the star named Rigel located in Orion. I want to see if I can get an image of this for my own, it’s pretty cool. It will be competing with my ambition to get an image of the Horse head nebula* (IC434). The image here is from APOD and thanks to them for it.

I maybe dating myself but I think it would be great in one of those black light posters.

*I do have an image of the horsehead but now I want a better one.  To get it, or an image of the Witch Head means getting up at about 3 am, not that getting up is a problem but I have to have a good sky too.  Been awful lately.

12 Comments so far

  1. Bryan on October 30th, 2007

    great picture !!!!!!!!

  2. Carrie on October 30th, 2007

    Ooooooh, skeery pic…Love it! ;-)

  3. Beth on October 30th, 2007

    SPOOKY!!!!!!!!!

  4. Gail Moshier on October 31st, 2007

    Wow, Tom, isn’t nature amazing. You can definately see the witch’s face, cool!!! Thanks for all you do, still enjoying your blog in Montana, Gail

  5. Tessa on October 31st, 2007

    Good thing we all (we witches) do not have a face like that!!!!! It is a wonderful sight though!!!!!

  6. Cindy Workman on October 31st, 2007

    That is really an awesome pic. The Black-Light idea would really be cool.

  7. Joe on October 31st, 2007

    OK I am a little dense. I don’t see the witch’s head. . . Perhaps someone can explain it to me.

    What is cool, however is that the nebula is being illuminated by Rigel. Incidentally, since we are making Halloween references, Rigel is the origin of the aliens on the Simpson’s Halloween Specials. By an astounding coincidence their language, Rigelian, is exactly the same as English.

  8. Reginald Vaden on October 31st, 2007

    you know, I just don’t see it

  9. Tom on October 31st, 2007

    Try taking the image as a whole, get back from it a bit. That’s what I did and wham there it was.

  10. Tom II on October 31st, 2007

    Wow! I can see it, hooray!. I can’t see The Bull to this day, even though I know where he is

  11. Andro on November 1st, 2007

    awesome..and amazing . just curious though do the dust particles move? Does the picture change ? Was just wondering how the dust particles worked in space. Mine never seem to move unles I use Pledge..sorry couldnt resist. Keep up the good work Tom

    Andro

  12. Tom on November 2nd, 2007

    Hahahahhaha, pledge. Yeah I’m sure the particles are moving, in what direction is the thing. That is a huge structure so it’s hard to tell.

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