- Description: A dark and dusty part of the sky! This is about the brightest reflection
nebula in the northern sky. M78 (aka NGC2068) shines at magnitude 8.3, 7.8 x 8.4 arc minutes in size.
Located just a couple of degrees north east of Orion's belt stars, M78 shines blue from reflected starlight.
There is also a fair amount of dark nebula present, as well as dust and in the top left corner is
the edge of Barnard's Loop, a vast loop of
red emission nebula. From a reasonably dark sky you can see M78 in 10x50 binoculars or a small telescope.
The reflection nebula above M78 is NGC2071. Sky conditions were not optimum for this shot, too late
in the year.
- Camera: SBIG STF-8300M at -20C
- Filters: Baader RGB set.
- Scope: Takahashi FSQ-106N
- Mount: Astro-Physics 900QMD
- Exposure: 4x10min red, 4x10min green, 5x10min blue.
- Location: Wilson Coulee Observatory, Alberta
- Date: March 22nd, 2023
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