Wallpaper author:
Thomas Peter
20 Jan 2026
M 78
Nebula M78 (Messier 78, NGC 2068) is a beautiful, bluish reflection nebula in the constellation Orion, about 1,350 light-years away, known as the brightest diffuse reflection nebula in the sky, visible in small telescopes as a hazy patch reflecting light from young stars within the Orion Molecular Cloud Complex; it's a popular target for amateur astronomers and is also known as "Casper the Friendly Ghost Nebula".
Hope ya like it!
Tom
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 |