A Last-Minute Detour (M78) (estabrook)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Orion (Ori) · Contains: HD290857 · HD290858 · HD290859 · HD290862 · HD290864 · HD290883 · HD290889 · HD38311 · HD38563 · LBN 938 · LBN 939 · M 78 · NGC 2064 · NGC 2067 · NGC 2068 · NGC 2071 · VdB60

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A Last-Minute Detour (M78)

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A Last-Minute Detour (M78)

A Last-Minute Detour (M78). I hadn't been planning to capture M78 in 2023, but it's one of my very favorite targets (last year's wide-field rendition was a labor of love), and once I saw Jay Sanchez's rendition, I couldn't resist adding it to my December itinerary. Jay kindly let me work with his (terrific) data, and he passed along a few processing tips (such as the use of HDRMT to tone down the brightest areas and reveal more detail), which I've tried to apply to my admittedly imperfect 10-hour data set. This one is not optimally cropped because I didn't want to disturb the position of my camera, which (as always, it seems) was in the midst of other projects. But I'm still quite happy with this image, and I'm always pleasantly surprised with successful broadband images from my Bortle 8 yard.

(Captured: Askar FRA500, AM5, ASI183MC Pro, Optolong UV/IR Cut Filter. Processed: AstroPixelProcessor, PixInsight, GraXpert, StarXterminator, NoiseXterminator, Blanshan/Cranfield Star Reduction Script)

ZWO ASI183/QHY183
Light Polluted skies
Virginia Astronomers and Astrophotographers
ZWO ASIAIR PRO USERS
Broadband under Bortle 7/8/9
NOVAC
The OSC Club (One Shot Camera)

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RA (center)	05h46m52s.511
RA (top/left)	05h44m32s.373
RA (top/right)	05h48m07s.981
RA (bottom/right)	05h49m12s.617
RA (bottom/left)	05h45m36s.999

Dec (center)	+00°10′53″.00
Dec (top/left)	-00°07′59″.35
Dec (top/right)	-00°24′08″.49
Dec (bottom/right)	+00°29′46″.70
Dec (bottom/left)	+00°45′54″.36

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