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M78 - Orion's Ghostly Cloud
M78 is a truly gorgeous emission nebula nestled in the constellation of Orion. Those reddish wisps you see in the bottom left? They’re actually part of Barnard’s Loop! Honestly, four hours of integration time feels like the bare minimum for an object like this, especially when you’re shooting with a DSLR!
- Capture Date: 2012-01-17
- Credit: Cédric Thomas
- Location: “Le petit Borobia” Observatory, remote operation
- Telescope: William Optics FLT 110 TEC (oiled spaced) @ F/5.2
- Focal Reducer: William Optics AFR-IV 0.8x
- Mount: Sky Watcher N-EQ6 Pro
- Autoguiding: LodeStar on 80mm guide scope + MaximDL
- Camera: Canon EOS 1100D (Astrodon modified)
- Exposure (RGB): 4h00 (48x300s) @ ISO 800
- Processing: DeepSkyStacker, Levels + Curves (Photoshop)