M78 ( tommy_nawratil )

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Orion (Ori) · Contains: LBN 938 · LBN 939 · M 78 · NGC 2064 · NGC 2067 · NGC 2068 · NGC 2071 · VdB59 · VdB60

Image of the day 02/28/2019

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M78

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M78

Imaging Telescopes Or Lenses: 10" f/4 (Lacerta Photonewton)
Imaging Cameras: ZWO ASI1600MM COOL
Mounts: AZ-EQ6
Filters: Astronomik LRGB 31mm
Accessories: Skywatcher/Lacerta GPU comacorrector
Software: Adobe Photoshop · Distinct Solutions Ltd Astro Photography Tool (APT) · Pleiades Astrophoto PixInsight
Guiding Telescopes Or Lenses: Skywatcher 9x50 finder
Guiding Cameras: MGEN

Dates:: Feb. 5, 2019
Frames:: 67×180″(3h 21′)
Integration:: 3h 21′
Avg. Moon age:: 0.56 days
Avg. Moon phase:: 0.35%

RA center: 05h46m51s.34

DEC center: +00°07′44″.0

Pixel scale: 1.568 arcsec/pixel

Orientation: -0.426 degrees

Field radius: 0.624 degrees

WCS transformation: thin plate spline

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Resolution: 2306x1703

File size: 1.8 MB

Locations: my little astrofarm, Weppersdorf, Austria

Data source: Traveller

M78 is a complex of reflection nebulae, dark clouds hiding stellar nurseries and patches of emission, including Herbig-Haros and one of the prominent variable nebulas, McNeil's. So much variable indeed, that was not visible at all at the time of these exposures. The M78 complex is one of the brightest reflection nebulas, easily seen in a small telescope. Amazing to see how much detail appear with fair resolution.

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RA (center)	05h46m51s.34
RA (top/left)	05h48m50s.86
RA (top/right)	05h44m50s.50
RA (bottom/right)	05h44m51s.74
RA (bottom/left)	05h48m52s.15

Dec (center)	+00°07′44″.0
Dec (top/left)	+00°30′07″.10
Dec (top/right)	+00°29′42″.1
Dec (bottom/right)	-00°14′41″.7
Dec (bottom/left)	-00°14′15″.7

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