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M78 Third Attempt - What a Beast!, Scott Deming
M78 Third Attempt - What a Beast!
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M78 Third Attempt - What a Beast!

M78 Third Attempt - What a Beast!, Scott Deming
M78 Third Attempt - What a Beast!
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M78 Third Attempt - What a Beast!

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This is my third attempt at M78. I travel to my site, so getting a lot of integration time in is difficult. This is 3 hours and 15 minutes of lights, 12 darks, 20 dark flats and 20 flats. I did a meridian flip and recentered.

Orion 8" f3.9 Newtonian

Celestron CGX mount

QHY294C imaging camera

Orion 60 mm guide scope

ZWO120mini guide camera

My mount is connected to CPWI, from which I do my go to. I use PHD2 for guiding and SharpCap for imaging and live stacking.

I dithered every 5th frame.

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M78 Third Attempt - What a Beast!, Scott Deming