M 78 (NGC 2068) Reflection Nebula in Orion

Located at: RA 05 hours 46 minutes 45 seconds, Dec +00 degrees 03 minutes 30 seconds

Note: M 78 centered, NGC 2071 is at the top, NGC 2067 is across the dust lane to the upper right (west) of M 78, NGC 2064 is the small patch to the lower right

Size: 8.4' x 7.8'; Magnitude: --; Class: Reflection

North is up

West to the right

Telescope:

 8" f5 Newtonian reflector

Camera:

 ST-8XME, self-guided, binned 1x1, temp -25c, camera control MaxIm DL 4.56

Image:

Red (Hoya 25A) filter, 300 minutes (30 x 10 minute subs), 01/12/14/2007

Processing:

CCDStack 1.1, Photoshop 7.0

Location:

 Rolling Roof Observatory, Thousand Oaks, CA 91360 (+34d 13m 29s -118h 52m 20s)

Notes:

This image replaces a red filtered 96 minute Track & Accumulate image from 02/22/2006