Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Orion (Ori)  ·  Contains:  M 78  ·  NGC 2064  ·  NGC 2067  ·  NGC 2068  ·  NGC 2071
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M78 a Reflection Nebula in Orion  Wide Field, RonAdams
M78 a Reflection Nebula in Orion  Wide Field
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M78 a Reflection Nebula in Orion Wide Field

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M78 a Reflection Nebula in Orion  Wide Field, RonAdams
M78 a Reflection Nebula in Orion  Wide Field
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M78 a Reflection Nebula in Orion Wide Field

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Before I went outside tonight I decided that I was going to try and image M78 with my

AT72ED Refractor because I've not imaged that object with that scope. The sky was clear

and transparent but it was not as dark as it can be because of a large Crescent Moon above

and to the West. M78 does not look like much in an eye piece. It looks like a triangle shaped

smudge of light with a couple of bright stars imbedded in it. It is in an image that M78

reveals it's beauty. It has a lot of color variation in the field of view, blue, grey, brown, red

and black . It's one of my favorite objects in an image and I make it a point to view as many

images of M78 as possible. With all of that said please enjoy my most recent image of M78.

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M78 a Reflection Nebula in Orion  Wide Field, RonAdams