M78 Diffuse Nebula (TomBramwell)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Orion (Ori) · Contains: M 78 · NGC 2064 · NGC 2067 · NGC 2068 · NGC 2071

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M78 Diffuse Nebula

M78 - Bright diffuse nebula in the constellation Orion - 1600 light years from Earth.

This beautiful thing and I have danced several times before, and it's never really gone all that well. Each time I attempt it though, I get a little further down the path. Hopefully you enjoy my latest attempt... I can't say why, but I find M78 to be one of the most beautiul reflection nebulas out there, and I really want to do it justice. Here's my latest attempt. It was extremely cold and damp out there, and earlier in the day, I had a mishap in my shop and removed part of the tip of the index finger on my left hand... I headed up the mountain right after I got out of the emergency room, and shot an entire night's worth of data with my hand bandaged, throbbing, and tied to my shoulder with heat packs strapped all around my hand. This is the best I could do with limited mobility and in horrible pain.

I'm not gonna miss a clear new moon night up the mountain with my buddies though. It'll take more than that...

12 x 300 seconds each LRGB @ -22c

30 x flats per channel / 40 x darks / 40 x flats

Primalucelabs Airy APO65F quadruplet

Primalucelabs Eagle2 Pro

QSI 6120wsg-8 w/ Lodestar X2 (OAG)

IDAS-D1 LPS / Astronomik LRGB

Avalon Instruments M-Zero Fast Reverse mount

Image shot at Telescope Row - Grant Ranch Park

Santa Clara, CA - 11/18/2017

Thanks for looking!

#AvalonEvangelista

#PrimalucEvangelista

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