Wallpaper author:
Gábor Kecskés
05 Aug 2025
M78 - The Friendly Ghost
Messier 78 - The Friendly Ghost Nebula. This reflection nebula is one of the most beautiful and exciting deep-sky objects in the winter sky of the northern hemisphere. And this is my return to Telescope Live. It was a half year ago when I posted a photo here last time. So it means that it is my first post under TL4.
Dataset from which the image was processed
M78
6 credit
- Type of target............................................................................................................................Reflection Nebula
- Camera............................................................................................................................QHY 600M
- Target coordinates............................................................................................................................RA 86.6908 Dec 0.0792
- Hemisphere............................................................................................................................Southern
- Telescope location............................................................................................................................Chile
- Transient event............................................................................................................................No
- Observed on............................................................................................................................14 Nov 2023 - 07 Dec 2023
Filter | Avg Exp (s) | Total Exposure | Subframes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue | 300 | 2h10m | 26 |
| Luminance | 300 | 2h10m | 26 |
| Red | 277 | 2h | 26 |
| Green | 324 | 2h15m | 25 |