M 78

Location

Taken from Rodeo and Mayhil New Mexico

Telescope & Mount

12.5" RC, FCT-150 and 20" RC

Camera

SBIG STL-11000, STL-11000C and Apogee 16M with Astrodon Filters

Image Data

This Data was taken through 3 differant scopes and cameras. Some in 2005 and some in 2010.

12.5" RC Rodeo New Mexico (Lightbuckets) Jan/Feb 2010

Luminance 10 x 30min Bin 1x1

RGB 3 x 20min 1x1 each and 3 x 20min Bin 2x2 each

FCT-150 January 2005 New Mexico Skies

Luminance 7x20min

RGB 3x20min Bin 2x2 each

20" RC January 2005 New Mexico Skies

4x20min 1 shot color

Total of 17.6 Hours

Processing

Calibrated,combned in CCD Stack all other processing done using PS5.

About this Object

I have always liked this object, I first imaged it back in 2002 from YRS in  WI. Duriing the years when I was using a digital camera, I captured the new nebula in M78 (McNeil's Nebula) about a Month before its discovery from New Mexico Skies, of course I dindnt know well enough to check my iamges for new things. Ever since I have imaged this object quite a bit but never took the time to put it all togather.