M78

M78 Nebula

M78

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Object Info

Type

Nebula

Constellation

Orion

Distance

1,600 ly

Capture Details

Date

November 15, 2009

Location

Little Blair Valley, Anza-Borrego Desert, CA

Exposure

Lum 9x10 (bin 1x1), R 5x5, G 5x5, B 5x5 (bin 2x2)

Equipment

Optics

Takahashi FSQ-106N Refractor

Focal Length

530mm @f/5

Mount

Astro-Physics 900GTO

Camera

SBIG ST-10XME

Focuser

Robo-Focus

Filters

CFW10A, Astrodon Gen 2 LRGB

Software

MaxIm DL, CCDStack, Photoshop