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Post date: Dec 25, 2017 10:45:40 PM
NGC2068 (M78) with NGC2067, NGC2064 and NGC2071. A part of very large, red, emission nebulas named Barnard’s Loop is visible to the upper left. This was imaged on November 25 and December 15, 2017 at Buford Mountain Conservation Area. The image was taken with a Stellarvue SV80 ST 80 mm aperture apochromat with 0.8x focal reducer to 384 mm, QSI 683wsg-8 camera having Astrodon Gen II filters, on a Celestron AVX mount, autoguided. Total exposure time of 5 hours 20 min. Processed in PixInsight.
L: 12 x 10 min (1x1), RG: 6 x 10 min (binned 2x2), B: 7 x 10 min (binned 2x2)
This is a crop of the region south of M78, showing the location of McNeil's Variable Nebula.
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