| OBJECT |
M78 - NGC 2068 (reflection nebula) (image above is reduced-size | other sizes: medium , original) Distance: 1,600 light years |
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| Telescope | Takahashi TOA-130F @ f/7.7 | |
| Mount | Takahashi EM200 Temma II | |
| Camera | QSI 540wsg @ -15C | |
| Filters | Astrodon Tru-Balance I-Series LRGB Gen 2, Astrodon Ha (3nm) | |
| Guider | SX Lodestar | |
| Settings | 9x10min L, 1x20min Ha (bin1x1); 3x5min ea RGB (bin2x2); AstroArt5, CS4+spikes (slightly cropped, 10xdarks/flats/fdarks/bias) | |
| Date/Location | 8 November 2013 - Las Cruces, NM Note: Result is only using a single frame of Ha as my best guess on this night was to try to use more Lum than Ha for the short amount of time I had for this object. |
