Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Orion (Ori)  ·  Contains:  M 78  ·  NGC 2064  ·  NGC 2067  ·  NGC 2068  ·  NGC 2071  ·  PK204-13.1  ·  V0351 Ori  ·  V1647 Ori  ·  V2764 Ori  ·  VdB59  ·  VdB60
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M78 from Death Valley, John Favalessa
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M78 from Death Valley

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M78 from Death Valley, John Favalessa
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M78 from Death Valley

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Went to Death Valley, bortle 2, on the new moon. Had one clear night that. It was the best night sky I've ever seen, only a little glow from Vegas and from Bishop. I did not use a filter with my OSC camera! I could process this data for weeks and will probably post revisions that are toned down. This is my 5th attempt at processing; a bit over saturated, but I wanted to bring out the color in this version. I'm not sure what's going on in the top right. Other posts do not show as much color/brightness, but it is in all my subs. The dark cloud with the fire eyes to the right of NGC 2064 conjures up the balrog from lord of the rings to me.

Oh, the CEM70G arrived! so looking forward to tracking under 1".

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