Reflection nebula IC2118, the Witches head nebula in Orion.

A large cloud of gas that is illuminated by the very bright star Rigel -- seen at the bottom of the image.

Images taken with a Canon 20D and a 200 mm f2.8 lens piggybacked on a TEC-140 Telescope mounted on Losmandy G11 mount.

Fifteen 3 minute exposures dark compensated, aligned and stacked, background removed and Digitaly Developed in ImagesPlus 2.75.