ASTRO: McNeil's Nebula and M-78

After my quick 13 minute shot in dawn skies about 6 weeks ago I decided
to give it decent exposure time. This helped bring out a lot more
detail in both nebulae.

14" LX200R @ f/10, L=4x10', RGB=2x10', STL-11000XM, Paramount ME

Rick
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Great image Rick. I'll have to try and get my first decent M78 this year,
all my previous attempts have been "oh, the sky is not good, let's image
something bright"-sort of images :-)

Stefan

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After my quick 13 minute shot in dawn skies about 6 weeks ago I decided
to give it decent exposure time. This helped bring out a lot more
detail in both nebulae.

14" LX200R @ f/10, L=4x10', RGB=2x10', STL-11000XM, Paramount ME

Rick
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Correct domain name is arvig and it is net not com. Prefix is correct.
Third character is a zero rather than a capital "Oh".

Not knowing how much time I had before McNeil's Nebula vanished again I
moved this one to the top of the to-do list. It likely will eventually
appear and not vanish, at least until it just disperses through space as
light pressure blows it away. Last time it faded from view shortly
before I got the observatory running so I missed it. I figured if it
stayed away another 40 years I'd be well over 100 by the time it
returned. Maybe it was coming and going all that time and no one
noticed before McNeil put it all together.

Rick

Stefan Lilge wrote:

Great image Rick. I'll have to try and get my first decent M78 this year,
all my previous attempts have been "oh, the sky is not good, let's image
something bright"-sort of images :-)

Stefan

"Rick Johnson" schrieb im Newsbeitrag
ster.com...

After my quick 13 minute shot in dawn skies about 6 weeks ago I decided
to give it decent exposure time. This helped bring out a lot more
detail in both nebulae.

14" LX200R @ f/10, L=4x10', RGB=2x10', STL-11000XM, Paramount ME

Rick
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Correct domain name is arvig and it is net not com. Prefix is correct.
Third character is a zero rather than a capital "Oh".





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Correct domain name is arvig and it is net not com. Prefix is correct.
Third character is a zero rather than a capital "Oh".