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M78 is is the blue reflection nebula in the centre of the frame and Barnards loop is the red / pink area to the left of the frame.
The nebula Messier 78 (also known as M78 or NGC 2068) is a reflection nebula in the constellation Orion. It was discovered by Pierre Méchain in 1780. Barnards loop is a massive emmission nebula, thought to be the result of a supernova about 2 million years ago.
This was taken on my dual rig, so a pair of the same scope and same camera sensor..... so in 4 hours I can get 8 hours of data... That sort of thing! It's a fantastic way to maximise imaging time!!
There's a mixture of exposure times here depending on the filters, from 30 minutes to 5 minutes. All in all there's 47.5 hours of total exposure time.
You can read more about the area on my website http://www.swagastro.com/m78.html and see a larger res image. This is a long way from my comfort zone.... so I felt the best way to proceed was just to throw a lot of imaging time at it.
M78 and some of Barnards Loop by Sara Wager, on Flickr
The nebula Messier 78 (also known as M78 or NGC 2068) is a reflection nebula in the constellation Orion. It was discovered by Pierre Méchain in 1780. Barnards loop is a massive emmission nebula, thought to be the result of a supernova about 2 million years ago.
This was taken on my dual rig, so a pair of the same scope and same camera sensor..... so in 4 hours I can get 8 hours of data... That sort of thing! It's a fantastic way to maximise imaging time!!
There's a mixture of exposure times here depending on the filters, from 30 minutes to 5 minutes. All in all there's 47.5 hours of total exposure time.
You can read more about the area on my website http://www.swagastro.com/m78.html and see a larger res image. This is a long way from my comfort zone.... so I felt the best way to proceed was just to throw a lot of imaging time at it.
M78 and some of Barnards Loop by Sara Wager, on Flickr