Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Orion (Ori)  ·  Contains:  M 78  ·  NGC 2064  ·  NGC 2067  ·  NGC 2068  ·  NGC 2071
M78 - Reflection Nebula in Orion, DeepSkyView
M78 - Reflection Nebula in Orion
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M78 - Reflection Nebula in Orion

M78 - Reflection Nebula in Orion, DeepSkyView
M78 - Reflection Nebula in Orion
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M78 - Reflection Nebula in Orion

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M78 is sometimes forgotten reflection nebula in the constellation of Orion and part of the Orion molecular cloud complex. It includes NGC 2064, NGC 2067 and NGC 2071 and other nebulae.

This image is an LRGB composite with more than 15 hours of data taken at Deep Sky West (25 x 900sec for L, ~18 x 600 sec for R, G and B). Again my first attempt at processing the data was rather basic, only using tools like MUREDenoise, AutoHistogram, and LocalHistogramEquilization plus standard stuff.

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M78 - Reflection Nebula in Orion, DeepSkyView