M78 Reflection Nebula in Orion

[MarsG76]

Hello all,

I managed to bag another object, this time the reflection Nebula M78 in the constellation Orion.

I was planning to capture natural color subs than add some HAlpha and OIII narrowband data to emphesize the image details and reveal deeper matter, but after processing the OSC/RGB subs, I decided that adding the narrowband data is not necessary.

This image was taken across two nights (juggling clouds), 6th and 11th February, and I managed to capture 3 hours and 18 minutes worth of useful subs (21x60 sec, 19x120 sec, 18x180 and 17 x 300 second subs).

The telescope used was a 80mm refractor, at 500mm FL using my full spectrum modded and cooled 40D DSLR.

Clear Skies,

MG