Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Orion (Ori)  ·  Contains:  M 78  ·  NGC 2064  ·  NGC 2067  ·  NGC 2068  ·  NGC 2071
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M78 and Barnard's Ethereal Embrace, rural_astro
M78 and Barnard's Ethereal Embrace
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M78 and Barnard's Ethereal Embrace

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M78 and Barnard's Ethereal Embrace, rural_astro
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M78 and Barnard's Ethereal Embrace

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Hard to believe I even got an image after all the issues I ran into over the past two nights. I was hoping to gather 2-3x the amount of data but unfortunately that didn't pan out. Regardless, I felt the image was worth sharing.

While testing the new powerbox for the first night, running the rig remotely no less, I ran into voltage issues that caused my mount to go haywire. It was nerve wracking not know what condition the scope was in until I returned the next morning. Thankfully everything was alright, just imaging the grass... The next night I ran an additional power supply to solve the voltage issue but that wasn’t the end of my troubles. I hadn’t noticed my camera came loose from the night before until I noticed my field no longer matched. I also got the new power cable snagged but thankfully I caught it before anything got ripped. I have new cables coming to tidy the wiring up a bit better and hopefully these technical difficulties will be behind me.

Hope you enjoy and clear skies!

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M78 and Barnard's Ethereal Embrace, rural_astro