M78 - in Ha-LRGB (Uwe Deutermann)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Orion (Ori) · Contains: LBN 933 · LBN 934 · LBN 938 · LBN 939 · M 78 · NGC 2064 · NGC 2067 · NGC 2068 · NGC 2071 · PK204-13.1 · VdB59 · VdB60

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This is part 1 of my next bigger project that I started this Winter. I mainly have to go for Winter targets in this fashion, since it is impossible to get the same integration times during any other season (especially summer) here in Florida.
M78 was always on my list, and I all my previous attempts were ... let's say it friendly ... not good (I have many different words on my mind right now 😊). So I thought I will give it a try with the setup this year, and also increasing the integration time quite significantly, probably still not enough, I will add probably more next Winter.
The first image that came out was the one using the flattener with the 132, and the result was already so nice that I thought to post it already as part 1. The second part will be the wide field with the reducer and an extra layer of Hß, not sure what that will create, I will see. And part 3 will be to combine those efforts into one, as I did with Sh2-308. Not sure if I can get the color palette matching well enough that this will be possible, but the one who does not try will never know.
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RA (center)	05h47m27s.132
RA (top/left)	05h45m08s.497
RA (top/right)	05h45m07s.169
RA (bottom/right)	05h49m46s.750
RA (bottom/left)	05h49m48s.210

Dec (center)	+00°16′19″.17
Dec (top/left)	+01°20′52″.84
Dec (top/right)	-00°47′57″.44
Dec (bottom/right)	-00°48′15″.23
Dec (bottom/left)	+01°20′37″.84

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