M78 and The Boogeyman Nebula (Ross Clark)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Orion (Ori) · Contains: M 78 · NGC 2064 · NGC 2067 · NGC 2068 · NGC 2071 · NGC 2112 · The star 56 Ori · The star 59 Ori

M78 and The Boogeyman Nebula, Ross Clark

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M78 and The Boogeyman Nebula

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M78 and The Boogeyman Nebula

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This image represents the first light of the Altair Astro Hypercam 26C and needless to say I’m very happy with it, the files are incredibly clean. So much so that I processed this image despite having no calibration frames for it yet

The target had to be Orion, but I shied away from the headline setters and went for a personal favourite of mine. M78

This RGB composition has M78 and The Boogeyman Nebula separated by a sea of Hydrogen Alpha from Bernard’s Loop

The detail is beautiful and the star colour from the 16bit sensor is just absolutely stunning

First light was a major success

25x240s stacked in DSS with no calibration

Processed in PixInsight, SiriL and Photoshop

Altair Astro Hypercam 26C

William Optics RedCat 51 v1.5

iOptron CEM25P

Pegasus Pocket Powerbox

ZWO guidescope and ASI120MM-S guide cam

Images captured from Bortle 3 skies in Northumberland, UK. Images captured by APT and guided by PHD2

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Description: Re-processed from start to finish using APP and StarNet, all processing done in Photoshop

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