Observation by David Davies: M78

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David Davies

Observer

David Davies

Observed

2022 Feb 04 - 21:40

Uploaded

2022 Feb 07 - 19:00

Objects

M78
NGC2071

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Constellation

Orion

Field centre

RA: 05^h46^m
Dec: +00°02'
Position angle: +1°53'

Field size

0°50' × 0°37'

Equipment

8-inch Ritchey-Chretien with a 0.7x reducer
ASI ZWO 294MC Pro
Skywatcher EQ8

Exposure

50 x 2 minutes

Location

Cambridge, UK

Target name

M78

Title

M78

About this image

I've continued experimenting with a ZWO 294MC Pro camera to see if I can capture pleasing images in a shorter time. Most recently, I've been experimenting with processing the image in PixInsight after calibration in DSS. I think I've made a bit of a breakthrough and can now compensate for the inherent green-brown colour cast given by the raw data from the camera.

This image of M78 is my first success and is the result of 100 minutes of data collection.

Files associated with this observation

M78-web.jpg (1.5 MB)

Like this image

Mike Harlow, Mr John William Hughes, Nick Hewitt, Graeme Coates, Alan Thomas, Callum Potter, Simon Paul Davis, Graham Winstanley

Comments

Alan Thomas, 2022 Feb 08 - 15:04 UTC

David

That's a super image! Well worth the effort.

Alan

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