M78 A Reflection Nebula in Orion (RonAdams)

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

M78 A Reflection Nebula in Orion, RonAdams

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M78 A Reflection Nebula in Orion

This is a first light image using a new scope. The sky was horrible with clouds moving in and out and there was a lot of moisture in the air. However with that said I could see some parts of the sky where there were no clouds. It's been several weeks since I've been able to image due to rain and clouds. I wanted to try out my new scope so I decided to image even though the sky left a lot to be desired. I brought my Bahtinav Mask out and I thought if I couldn't do anything else that I could probably find a star and determine where tight focus is on this scope. I found focus and Orion seemed free of clouds so I decided to image M78. As it turned out I had to trash all of my light frames except for 7 of them because of clouds and moisture. With only 7 light frames to align and stack I was pretty certain there would be noise issues if nothing else. I did get an image but it leaves a lot to be desired. However it is my first image with this scope so I'll take it.

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Description: I was just playing around today doing a little reprocessing on some of my images.

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