Observation by Ray Emery: M78 with Barnard's Loop

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Ray Emery

Observer

Ray Emery

Observed

2019 Jan 28 - 20:00

Uploaded

2019 Jan 29 - 19:22

Objects

M78
Barnard's Loop (Sharpless 276)

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Constellation

Orion

Field centre

RA: 05^h46^m
Dec: +00°12'
Position angle: -23°22'

Field size

2°32' × 1°40'

Equipment

Televue Genesis 100mm f5 refractor
Canon 700D modified
CLS filter

Exposure

21 x 10 mins @ 3200 ISO, flats and darks

Location

Brinkhill, Lincs.

Target name

Messier 78 Orion

Title

M78 with Barnard's Loop

About this image

A last - a nice clear evening!! A complex area, with a lot of the "dark stuff" on the margins of being imaged - plus a bit of the Loop. DSS & Photoshop, mainly.

Files associated with this observation

M78_2019 Jan 28.jpg (1.9 MB)

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Nick Hewitt, Graham Winstanley, Mr Leonard Entwisle, David Basey, Andy Wilson

Comments

Nick Hewitt, 2019 Jan 29 - 22:15 UTC

Very nice wide field view. I’m pretty sure there is no sign of McNeil’s nebula.

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