Observation by Graham Roberts: Messier 78 and Barnard's Loop

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Paul Downing

Observer

Graham Roberts

Observed

2019 Feb 26 - 19:45

Uploaded

2019 May 12 - 11:16

Objects

M78
Barnard's Loop (Sharpless 276)

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Constellation

Orion

Field centre

RA: 05h47m
Dec: +00°23'
Position angle: -104°05'

Field size

2°31' × 1°52'

Equipment
  • William Optics GT81 + Focal Reducer FL 382mm f4.72
  • ZWO1600MM-Cool mono CMOS sensor
  • William Optics 50mm guide scope + Starlight Xpress Lodestar X2 camera & PHD2 guiding
Exposure

LRGB 8 x 180 sec Ha 10 x 180sec (Total time: 1hr 24 min.) plus HaLRG 12 x 300 sec B 17 x300 sec (Total time: 5hr 25 min.)

Location

Fairvale Observatory – Redhill – Surrey – UK

Target name

Messier 78

Title

Messier 78 and Barnard's Loop

About this image

Graham writes the following about this image:

M78 is the brightest diffuse reflection nebula of a group that belongs to the Orion B molecular cloud complex, but with an apparent size of 8 x 6 arc seconds it is a something of a challenging target with my equipment.  Notwithstanding, with the mono CMOS ZWO camera and the opportunity of obtaining increased integration times I considered it worth a try and was not disappointed with the outcome.

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