M78, vdB59-60; Orion (Thomas V. Davis)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Orion (Ori) · Contains: M 78 · NGC 2064 · NGC 2067 · NGC 2068 · NGC 2071 · PK204-13.1 · VdB59 · VdB60

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M78, vdB59-60; Orion

M78, vdB59-60; Orion

Astro-Physics 155 EDF f/7 refractor

.67x reducer

ST-10XME LRGB 76:100:40:40 min. L=36Clr,40B. R= 60Ha,40R.

December 12-16, 2004, Inkom, ID

Comments: This was one of my very first LRGB CCD images that I ever took. Prior to 2004 I had imaged with unhypered film. I had imaged with an SBIG ST-237 and an SBIG ST-8XME, but my imaging was not yet of the quality that I wanted. This imaged represented a breakthrough for me.

This famous star forming region in Orion contains a beautiful reflection nebula which appears blue in images. Not as often imaged, is a portion of a large and diffuse emission nebula which appears red. This emission nebula is part of a larger semi-circular complex called Barnard's Nebula. Other nebula see in this image are dark nebula, where dense gaseous regions block out starlight yielding dark clouds

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RA (center)	05h46m52s.955
RA (top/left)	05h45m25s.953
RA (top/right)	05h45m30s.191
RA (bottom/right)	05h48m20s.114
RA (bottom/left)	05h48m15s.690

Dec (center)	+00°08′21″.38
Dec (top/left)	+00°39′40″.60
Dec (top/right)	-00°23′42″.39
Dec (bottom/right)	-00°22′59″.99
Dec (bottom/left)	+00°40′21″.55

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