Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Orion (Ori)  ·  Contains:  M 78  ·  NGC 2064  ·  NGC 2067  ·  NGC 2068  ·  NGC 2071
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Casper (M78) Nebula wide field, Mike Dzwinczyk
Casper (M78) Nebula wide field
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Casper (M78) Nebula wide field

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Casper (M78) Nebula wide field, Mike Dzwinczyk
Casper (M78) Nebula wide field
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Casper (M78) Nebula wide field

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M78 Casper was taken over 4 nights in Feb 2022 and March 2022.  The red region on the left side is a portion of Barnard's Loop.  I ended up using 89 light frames, each 300sec to get some details in the Nebula and surrounding gas.  My 80D modified Canon DSLR was at 800iso.  The telescope with 0.8 reducer/flattener  had a focal length of 644mm.  No filters were used from a B4 area for  60 of the subs, and almost 30 had the IDAS LPS-D2 filter used.   I found this a challanging Nebula to work up, even with 89 light subs, along with flats and Darks.

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Casper (M78) Nebula wide field, Mike Dzwinczyk