A Deep View of M78 in Orion (Terry Hancock)

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A Deep View of M78 in Orion

This deep view of M78 was captured in LRGB and H-Alpha with the QHY163M CMOS and AGO 12.5” Astrograph over 2 nights in January 2018 from Grand Mesa Observatory, Purdy Mesa, Colorado.

M78, part of the Orion molecular cloud complex, is one of the brightest diffuse reflection nebula in the sky.

Located 1,600 light years away in the constellation of Orion, M78 hosts 17 Herbig-Haro objects (patches of nebulosity created by young stars whose jets collide with nearby dust and gas)

M78 also hosts 45 T Tauri variable stars (very young, pre-main sequence stars still in the process of formation) and is part of a group containing 3 additional nebulae from the NGC catalogue, NGC 2071, NGC 2067 and NGC 2064

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Terry Hancock downunderobservatory.com

Location: GrandMesaObservatory.com Whitewater, Colorado

Dates: Jan 13, 24th 2018

LRGB 11 x 300 sec bin 2x2

H Alpha 19 x 600 sec bin 2x2

Camera: QHY163M @-20C

Gain 174, Offset 76 with Dark/Flat Frames.

Optics: AGO 12.5" F3.8 Astrograph

EQ Mount: Paramount ME

Image: Acquisition software Maxim DL5

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