Observation by Grant Privett: M78 and McNeil's Nebula

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Grant Privett

Observer

Grant Privett

Observed

2021 Mar 17 - 22:00

Uploaded

2021 Mar 18 - 00:47

Objects

M78
McNeil's variable nebula

Equipment

SkyWatcher 114mm f5 Newtonian
Starlight Xpress Lodestar
NEQ6

Exposure

200x 30s

Location

Salisbury

Target name

M78 + McNeil's Nebula

Title

M78 and McNeil's Nebula

About this image

McNeil's variable nebula remains quiet while M78 remains lovely. A 114mm scope doing short exposures with an uncooled camera doesn't really do it justice.

Files associated with this observation

m78 20210317.jpg (67.3 kB)

Like this image

Graham Winstanley, David Basey, Mike Harlow, Callum Potter, Callum Wingrove, Mil Dave

Comments

Mil Dave, 2021 Mar 19 - 12:02 UTC

Grant,

I'm impressed you managed to find a gap in the clouds to capture this image. Well done indeed.

Dave (aka Mil. Dave)

Grant Privett, 2021 Mar 19 - 13:05 UTC

Ah, but you didn't see all those I threw away....

If the sky had been brighter it would have saved me making a flat field.

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